CELEBRATE GOAN ART

R G VIJAIWARGIYA

 
 

1905 - 2003

 

 

 

Artist Profile

BEGINNINGS

Born in Baler, Rajasthan. 1958-60 Vice-Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur. 1958-60 Rajasthan State Representative, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Director, Vijaivargiya Art Gallery, Jaipur.

EDUCATION

  • 1924-28 Diploma, Maharaja School of Art and Craft, Jaipur.
  • Took private tuitions to study classical languages.

EXHIBITIONS

  • 1928 Exhb. organised by Indore Arts and Crafts, Indore.
  • 1933 Solo exhb., Fine Arts and Crafts Society, Calcutta.
  • 1935 Solo exhb. organised by Indian Academy, Roerich Centre of Art, Allahabad.
  • 1943, 45 Exhb., Jaipur.
  • 1943 Exhb., Simla.
  • 1943 Solo exhb., Young Mens Christian Association, Lahore.
  • 1942 Exhb., Benaras Hindu University, Banaras.
  • 1958, 59, 83 Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
  • 1983 Exhb., Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • 1985 Exhb. organised by Uttar Pradesh State Academy, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow.
  • 1985 Exhb. organised by Kalidas Akademi, Ujjain.
  • 1992 Exhb. organised by Abhinandan Samiti, Jaipur.
  • 1994 Solo exhb., Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
  • 1997 Retrospective, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
  • 2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

  • Baroda Museum, Vadodara.
  • Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi.
  • Allahabad Museum, Allahabad.
  • Maharaja Mansingh II Museum, Jaipur.
  • Modern Art Gallery, Jaipur.
  • Kumar Gallery, New Delhi.
  • Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

  • 1928 Awarded Certificate of Merit from Abanindranath Tagore, Indore Arts and Crafts exhb., Indore.
  • 1958 Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
  • 1970 Awarded the title Kalavid, Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
  • 1970 Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, Jaipur.
  • 1984 Awarded Padmashri, Govt. of India.
  • 1988 Awarded Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
  • 1987-90 Awarded Fellowship, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.
  • 1991 Awarded Kala Ratna, AIFACS, New Delhi.
  • 1992 Felicitated by Abhinandan Samiti, Roopankan Part I was released, Jaipur.
  • 1995 Felicitation, Roopankan Part II was released, Jaipur.
  • 1998 Awarded the title Sahitya Vachaspati by Sahitya Sammelan Prayag.

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