Vijay Sharma (painter)

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Vijay Sharma (born September 12, 1962 in the village of Raipur, Himachal Pradesh ) is an Indian painter who is particularly concerned with miniature painting .

Life

Sharma was born in the village of Raipur in the northern Indian district of Chamba, the son of a bus driver from the HRTC (Himachal Road Transport Corporation). As a child he accompanied his father on his bus tours and came into contact with the route descriptions and bus paintings that he drew. This was his first contact with painting. His father observed this and spoke about it with the curator of the “Chamba Museum”. This is how his path as a painter began. He says of himself "The Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba , the Banaras Kala Bhawan, Mr. Ustad Sharda Prasad and my father encouraged my talent." At the age of 15 he went to Varanasi to learn the technical details of miniature painting. He was only there for a week, but the influence of what he experienced there has remained with him to this day.

In the information text about the exhibition in the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg 2013 it is reported: “His father sent him to Dharamsala and Varanasi for training . In Rajasthan he worked with traditional painters, from whom he learned the technique of preparing mineral and vegetable colors and the art of restoring miniatures. At the age of 25 he had his first exhibition, which was followed by many more in India, Europe and the USA. In 1990 he received the national prize for traditional painting. "

... “With his fine brushes made of squirrel tail hair, he applies gold and paint to traditionally scooped paper. Millimeter-sized pieces of cut, iridescent wing covers of beetles serve as jewelery. His main focus is painting in the Basohli style of the late 17th century and the painting schools of the royal cities of Guler and Kangra. In addition to perfect copies, he paints his own compositions and is the author of books and essays on the art and history of the Pahari region. ”As a historian, he is one of the few who can read Sharda and Tankari texts.

At the age of 18 he was employed as a painter for the bus company HRTC. He recorded the bus routes and painted the society's buses. Two years later, at the age of 20, he was hired by the Department of Language and Culture as Assistant Conservator. In 1988 he was employed as an artist by the museum (Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba). Here he trains 15-20 students in miniature painting. Its main goal is to revive the art of miniature painting. “Government funds are not enough. Art must be promoted, preserved and recognized. ”This was his opinion in an interview after he received the fourth highest cultural award in India, the Padma Shri , in 2012 . Because of the award, Vijay Sharma was promoted from "Artist" to "Senior Artist" in the Bhuri Singh Museum in August 2012.

Exhibitions

  • Several exhibitions at the National Crafts Museum Delhi since 1989
  • Exhibition at the Singapore National Museum in 1995
  • Exhibition 1998 Rietberg Museum

Exhibition with painting demonstration in the Villa Wesendonck of the Rietberg Museum, Zurich.

  • Exhibition in Montabaur 2003
  • Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum London 2003
  • Exhibition 2013 in the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg

Some of the exhibits in the exhibition “Flowers - Trees - Gardens of the Gods. Indian painting from six centuries ”(March 17, 2013 to October 27, 2013) in the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg are copies of old paintings signed by Vijay Sharma to prevent them from being circulated as forgeries, and compositions by Padma Shri Vijay Sharma. The painter was personally present at the exhibition for a week and demonstrated his painting style. In the rest of the time, a small film was running that clearly presented his painting technique. The film cannot be purchased in the museum shop. The exhibition itself is based on Ludwig V. Habighorst's collection of Indian miniatures. Source for the other exhibitions: s. Habighorst, “Enjoyment and intoxication. ... ", p. 139.

Publications

Bhuri Singh Museum, Vijay Sharma: Chamba Painting: Origin and Development: Exhibition Catalog on the Eve of "Chamba Millennium-2006" . Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, HP 2006, p. 35 .

Ludwig V. Habighorst; Peter A. Reichart; Vijay Sharma: pleasure and intoxication. Betel, tobacco, wine and narcotic drugs in Indian miniatures . Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz 2007, p. 141 .

Ludwig V. Habighorst; Peter A. Reichart; Vijay Sharma: Love for Pleasure. Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in Indian Miniatures . Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz 2007, p. 141 .

Manisha Nanda, Vijay Sharma: Kangra Valley Painting . Himachal Academy of Arts, Culture & Languages, Shimla, HP 2009.

photos

  • Vijay Sharma, Floral design

  • "Painted" bus of the HRTC

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pahari Miniature Painter Excels
  2. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Vijay-Sharma/1240570254
  3. ↑ a b Interview on the occasion of the awarding of the “Padma Shri” 2012 . "Hill Post". Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ Pahari Miniature Painter Excels
  5. ↑ Newspaper note about his promotion . Himachal News. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ NZZ report on the Vijay Sharma 1998 exhibition (PDF; 2.5 MB) NZZ. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Web presence of the exhibition “Flowers - Trees - Gardens of the Gods. Indian painting from six centuries ” . Museum of Ethnology Hamburg. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  8. ^ Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt on the exhibition . Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Sharma, Vijay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Raipur, Himachal Pradesh