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Satish Gujral
Indian painter and scupltor (–)
Satish Gujral (25 December – 26 March )[1] was an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist and author of the post-independent era.[2] He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, in His elder brother, Inder Kumar Gujral, was the Prime Minister of India between and
Early life
Gujral was born in Jhelum in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) into a Punjabi HinduKhatri family.[3] He was the son of Indian politician Avtar Narain Gujral and the brother of I.
K. Gujral, the 12th Prime Minister of India; his sister in law, Sheila Gujral, was a noted Hindi poet. His nephew Naresh Gujral is also a politician.[4]
Education
Because of his hearing problem, many schools refused admission to Gujral.
One evening he saw a bird sitting on a tree branch and drew a picture of it.
Category: Art. Satish Gujral is a painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, writer and architect of contemporary times of India, post-independence. He is regarded as the living legend of Indian art at present. In the yearIndian government honoured him with Padma Vibhushan for his contributions to Indian art in the recent times.It was an first indication of his interest in painting and later in , he joined the Mayo Academy of Arts in Lahore, to study applied arts. He moved to Bombay in and enrolled in the Sir JJ Academy of Art. In , due to a recurring sickness, he was forced to drop out of school and leave Bombay.
In , Gujral received a scholarship to study at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, where he was apprenticed to the renowned artists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.[5]
Works
The Partition of India and the associated agony of the immigrants impacted a young Satish and manifested itself in the artworks he created.
From to , Gujral organised shows of his sculptures, paintings and graphics in many cities across the world such as New York City, New Delhi, Montreal, Berlin and Tokyo, among others.[6]
Gujral was also an architect and his design of the Belgium Embassy in New Delhi was selected by the international forum of architects as one of the finest buildings built in the 20th century.
Personal life
Gujral lived with his wife Kiran () in New Delhi. Their son Mohit Gujral, who is an architect, is married to former model, Feroze Gujral.
Satish Gujral - Designed the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi | DAG: Satish Gujral, pioneer muralist, and contemporary Indian artist made his body of work a locus for social history. Painter, sculptor, muralist, architect and interior creator, he defied categorization and formal restrictions to dabble seamlessly between distinct art forms.They also have 2 daughters, Alpana, a jewellery designer, and Raseel Gujral Ansal, an interior designer and owner of Casa Paradox & Casa Pop and is married to Navin Ansal.[7]
In popular culture
Dozens of documentaries have been made recording Gujral's work.
The Films Division of India produced a shortdocumentary film on his experience, titled Satish Gujral, directed by Balwant Gargi it provides an overview of his life and works.[8]
He was also part of the BBCtelevision film, Partition: The Day India Burned.
A minute documentary called "A Brush with Life" was released on 15 February which was based on his own book with the same name. Four books of his work have been published, including an autobiography.[9]
Global policy
Along with his brother Inder Kumar Gujral, he was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.[10][11] As a result, for the first period in human history, a Planet Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[12]
Awards
Gujral was awarded India's second-highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan in In April , he was honoured with NDTV Indian of the Year Award.[13]