Dinanath Bhargava (1 November 1927 – 24 December 2016) was an Indian painter of international fame. He was one of the students of

Shantiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his s ...

art guru Nandalal Bose. WASH Paintings made by him are unique in the world of painting.

Life

Bhargava was born in Multai,

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. He was involved in the team of artists and is believed to have sketched the sign (lions) copied from the

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for the

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. He copied the

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from Sarnath and inserted its motto extracted from Mundaka Upanishad, Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs). He was just a first year student who joined

Kala Bhavana Kala Bhavana (Institute of Fine Arts) is the fine arts faculty of Visva-Bharati University, in Shantiniketan, India. It is an institution of education and research in visual arts, founded in 1919, it was established by Nobel laureate Rabindran ...

in academic year 1949-50 batch whereas Nandalal Bose retired in 1950-51 at the age of 68 years.

Death

He died on from a heart attack.

References

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