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KIRPAL SINGH, ARTIST (1923-1990), the creator of
Sikh
history in colour, was born the son of Bhagat
Singh and Har Kaur
in a small village Vara Chain
Singhvala in Firozpur district of
the Punjab on 10
December 1923.
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He
inherited interest in art from his father who was adept in woodwork
engraving, and his practical training started with drawing rough
sketches in his school notebooks. He was obliged to discontinue his
school studies owing to lack of means. He was forced to take up a
smalltime appointment in the military accounts department where he
served from 1942 to 1947. After the partition of India (1947),
Kirpal Singh moved to Jalandhar. He gave up his service and decided
to adopt painting as a career.
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In
1952 he shifted to Delhi for some time and then settled in a small
town, Indri, near Karnal. The first exhibition of his paintings was
held in Dyal Singh College, Karnal, on 26 June 1955. In the
following year the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar,
employed him as an artist to produce exhibits for the Central Sikh
Museum in the Darbar Sahib complex. He resigned this job in 1962 and
went again to Delhi from where, after a few years, the late Dr
Mohindcr Singh Randhawa, himself a great lover and connoisseur of
art, persuaded him to come to Chandigarh where he settled down
permanently. Tins turned out to be the most creative period of his
career. Kirpal Singh died in an accident on 26 April 1990. Kirpal
Singh painted hundreds of pictures, portaits and landscapes, but his
particular interest and specialization was in capturing on the
canvas episodes from Sikh history including aweinspiring scenes of
ultimate sacrifice by Sikh martyrs and realistic portrayal of battle
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Some of
his original works now adorning various museums,
institutions, Gurudwaras and private homes
in India and abroad are displayed in Central Sikh Museum (36),
Sardar Baghcl Singh Museum in Gurdwara Barigia Sahib, New Delhi
(21), AngloSikh War Memorial, Ferozeshah near FTrozpur (11), Sikh
Regimental Centre, Rampur, Ranch! (12), Takht Sri Patna Sahib (8),
Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur (8), Punjabi University, Patiala
(18), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, (18), Chandigarh Art
Gallery (1) and Gurdwara Mahidiana Sahib, Jagraori, district
Ludhiana (20). M.G.s. |
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Courtesy : From SikhiWiki.com |
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P.S.
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S. Kirpal Singh Ji
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