Bijayananda Biswaal better known as Bijay Biswaal is an Indian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and artist. He worked as a Chief Ticket Inspector at

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

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. He voluntarily retired from Indian Railways to continue painting.

Early life

Bijay was born at

Pallahara Pal Lahara is a small town in Angul district of the state of Odisha and located on NH6, where it intersects with NH23, by road north of Angul. Not far from the banks of the Rengali Reservoir which is to the west, the Malayagiri Forest Ran ...

in the Angul district of the Indian state of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

Work

Bijay Biswaal's work is mainly comprised on Indian railway and mainly themed on the rural life of India.

Awards

Biswaal was felicitated by the

Government of Odisha The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is the Governor, appoi ...

for his painting works. He also got a special mention in the show

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for his paintings.

References

1964 births Indian male painters People from Angul district 20th-century Indian painters Painters from Odisha Living people 20th-century Indian male artists {{India-painter-stub