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{{Short description|Sikh artist}}
{{Infobox artist
| honorific_prefix = Baba
| name = Kishan Singh
| image = Portrait of the Sikh artist Kishan Singh.jpg
| caption =
| style = [[Sikh art|Sikh School]]
| known_for = Painting
| birth_date = 1836
| death_date = 1895
| notable_works =
| honorific_suffix = Musawar
| children = [[Kapur Singh (artist)|Kapur Singh]]
}}

'''Kishan Singh''' (1836–1895<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Narula |first=S. S. |title=Aspects of Punjabi Culture |publisher=Department of Development of Punjabi Language, Punjabi University |year=1995 |pages=99}}</ref>), also known as '''Kishan Singh of Lahore''', was a [[Sikh painting|Sikh painter]] who specialized in ''mussawir'' (painters of miniatures).{{Efn|His personal name is alternatively spelt as 'Kishen'.|group=note}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ikeda |first=Atsushi |title=Portraying the Guru: Art, Devotion and Identity in Sikhism |date=24 September 2024 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=9781837652389 |pages=37}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He was born into a [[Ramgarhia]] family and was the brother of [[Bishan Singh (artist)|Bishan Singh]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Court of Ranjit Singh |url=http://www.sikhfoundation.org/rsingh.html |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=The Sikh Foundation}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=R. P. |title=Punjab Painting |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1983 |isbn=9788170171744 |pages=52}}</ref> Kishan Singh had been employed as a court painter in the [[Sikh state|Sikh states]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] and [[Patiala State|Patiala]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=R. P. |title=Punjab Painting |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1983 |isbn=9788170171744 |pages=44, 46}}</ref> Kishan Singh was employed by royal courts located in Amritsar, Kapurthala, and Lahore.<ref name=":202">{{Cite journal |last=Kaur |first=Sukhandeep |last2=Viranjan |first2=Ram |date=January–June 2023 |title=A Historical Overview of Emergence and Development of Sikh Art in Punjab |url=https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/Arts-Journal/ShodhKosh/article/download/293/408/3680 |journal=ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=389–402 |doi=10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i1.2023.293 |eissn=2582-7472 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Whilst working in Lahore, Kishan Singh helped facilitate the arrival of other artists.<ref name=":202" />

Kishan Singh was skilled in illustration magnifying designs whereas his brother Bishan Singh was talented in depicting courtly ''[[Durbar (court)|durbar]]'' scenery.<ref name=":202" />

Kishan Singh's son, [[Kapur Singh (artist)|Kapur Singh]], became an accomplished artist himself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lot 218: Kapur Singh of Amristar attributed, study of a glassblower, circa 1880, gouache on paper, within mauve border, 16.2 x 11.2cm. |url=https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0541-lot-522454 |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=Roseberys}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Relia |first=Anil |title=The Indian Portrait - 10 |last2=Roberts |first2=Julian |date=17 September 2019 |publisher=Archer Art Gallery |isbn=9788193171851 |pages=94}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Portrait of Guru Gobind Singh by Kishan Singh.jpg|Portrait of Guru Gobind Singh by Kishan Singh
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
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[[Category:19th-century Indian male artists]]
[[Category:1836 births]]
[[Category:1895 deaths]]

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