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'''Pradip Mukherjee''' (born 22 August 1953) is an [[India]]n artist of [[phad painting]], a form of popular [[folk painting]] of [[Rajasthan]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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He was born on 22 August 1953 in [[Jaipur]] in the famous Mukherjee family of Jaipur.<ref name=":0" /> His parents were senior officials in the Indian government. He was raised in a Jain family in [[Kolkata]]. Since childhood, he had been interested in sketching and painting. When he was eleven, he painted a wall painting for a marriage ceremony in [[Bikaner]].<br />
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At the age of sixteen, he moved to Jaipur to live with his parents. Unable to adjust there, he moved back to Kolkata for his undergraduate degree. He got his [[Bachelor of Commerce|B.Com.]] from the [[University of Calcutta]].<br />
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After graduation, he moved back to Jaipur. He was introduced to Phad painting when his mother got him a painting from her tour to [[Shahpura, Bhilwara|Shahpura]]. With a desire to pursue fine arts, he took admission to Rajasthan School of Arts, Jaipur. His parents were not happy with this decision and refused to support him financially.<br />
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At the college, he saw his colleagues making Phad paintings for sale at Rajasthali, so he started painting Phad paintings as vocation. Due to the superior quality of his work, he became the sole artist responsible for these paintings. In 1974, he made a Phad painting depicting the situation before and after [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]]. This painting was gifted to [[Indira Gandhi]] by [[Hari Dev Joshi]] and it brought him into limelight.<br />
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The Phad paintings made in Jaipur lacked the vibrancy and aesthetics that was present in the paintings made by Joshi families of [[Bhilwara]] and [[Shahpura, Bhilwara|Shahpura]]. In 1975, Mukherjee went to Bhilwara to learn the nuances of the art-form. The original technique of making Phad paintings had been a closely guarded family secret, and Mukherjee struggled there for two years until [[Shree Lal Joshi]] accepted to teach him. In return to this tutoring, Mukherjee vowed that he would not paint the traditional themes, [[Pabuji]] and [[Devnarayan]], since this was the sole source of livelihood for the Joshi family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phadchitra.com/about%20us.htm|title=Chitrashala: An Introduction}}</ref><br />
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In 1980-82, he created a series of 108 Phad paintings on ''[[Ramcharitmanas]]''. Each of this paintings was 11" x 8" and had six to eight panels showing various scenes. This was the first time that elements of miniature painting had been incorporated into Phad painting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/features/phad-painting-thriving-through-innovation#.WlmdkFWnHIU|title=Phad Painting: Thriving through innovation}}</ref><br />
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At present{{when|date=December 2018}}, he lives in [[Udaipur]] and paints with his student, Shamsher Khan, who has been with him for the past twenty-five years.<br />
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== Work ==<br />
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Mukherjee's works encompass a variety of themes and subjects. These include subjects from [[Hindu mythology]] like ''[[Ramcharitmanas|Ramcharitramanas]]'', ''[[Gita Govinda|Geet Govind]]'', [[Devi Mahatmya|''Durgā''' ''' Saptshahti'']], [[Bhagavad Gita|''Bhagvad Gita'']], and ''[[Hanuman Chalisa]]'', [[Kālidāsa]]'s works like ''[[Kumārasambhava]]'', ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'', and ''[[Meghadūta]]'', as well as themes from [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] mythologies. He has also painted modern subjects like [[Sachchidananda Vatsyayan|Agyey]]<nowiki/>a's ''Sagaramudra''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Shilp Guru Awards 2007 and 2008|publisher=Ministry of Textiles, Government of India|year=2008|location=New Delhi|pages=40–41}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/12-05/editorials121.htm|title=Gita Govinda}}</ref><br />
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His paintings on Durga saptashati are displayed at [[City Palace, Udaipur]]. His works are also displayed alongside [[M. F. Husain]] and [[Manjit Bawa]]‘s painting in the VIP lounge at [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|IGI Airport]].<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
* National Award, 1985{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
* [[Shilp Guru]], 2008<ref name=":0" /><br />
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