GS Sohan Singh

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Artist Sohan Singh was born in August 1914. His interest in art was inherited from his talented artist father S. Gian Singh Naqqash. In 1929 he joined the Art Company of S.Hari Singh, and in 1931 after visiting Delhi and Bombay, he reached the port of Calcutta, where he joined his father in their business in Bazaar Sodhian. In 1932 he made a portrait of S. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, which fetched him a first prize at the Ramgarhia Federation Conference at Kharagpur. A portrait of Banda Bahadur in a -warrior-s pose-, which sold in thousands was very well acclaimed by the public. He bagged gold medals and high awards at exhibitions held at Calcutta, Kharagpur, Bombay, Trivandrum, Delhi etc. He won quite a few gold medals, plus silver medals and awards in money. An exceptional painting of Guru Nanak was bought by nearly 500 Americans, who were very much impressed with the artist-s flare of the brush. S. Sawarn Singh, the Home Minister, presented S. Sohan Singh, with a -Saropa- at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Company Bagh at Amritsar in a ceremony inaugurated by the SGPC. Mulk Raj Anand and Principal Teja Singh have paid glowing tributes to this talented artist. Art students, who want to obtain degrees in art, have been flocking at his studio to obtain special knowledge on art In his family possession, there is an old manuscript with pictures of the Sikh era, from which S. Sohan Singh made the spectacular painting of Maharaja Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, which now hangs at the Amritsar Central Sikh Museum. Sohan Singh is a very mild natured man and a very humble person. His art can be seen in periodicals like Preet Lari, Ajit, Veer Bharat, Shere Bharat and many other magazines. His designs of calendars, labels and posters are a masterpiece, unequalled by any other artist. At Chandigarh in 1970 he was acclaimed the Master Artist of the year, and the same year at Ludhiana he received a prestigious award from the Ramgarhia Silver Jubilee Conference. His studio at the Braham Buta Market, Amritsar is a shrine for young and upcoming artists.

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