R G VIJAIWARGIYA

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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