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{{short description|Indian painter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ranbir Singh Bisht
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| birth_date = 1928
| birth_place = [[Lansdowne, India|Lansdowne]], [[Uttarakhand]], India
| death_date = 1998
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| occupation = Painter
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| spouse = Vimala Bisht
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| children = Three daughters
One Son
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Lalit Kala Akademi]] Fellowship<br>[[Uttar Pradesh|UP]] Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
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'''Ranbir Singh Bisht''' (1928–1998) was an Indian painter and the Principal of the College of Fine Arts, [[Lucknow University]].<ref name="Padmashri Prof Ranbir Singh Bisht and Prof Vimala Bisht">{{cite web | url=http://www.anandway.com/article/446/Artists,-Padmashri-Prof-Ranbir-Singh-Bisht-and-Prof-Vimala-Bisht,-Lucknow,-India | title=Padmashri Prof Ranbir Singh Bisht and Prof Vimala Bisht | publisher=Anand Way | date=2015 | access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref> Born in 1928<ref name="Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late)">{{cite web | url=http://fineartakademiup.nic.in/RanvirSingh.htm | title=Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late) | publisher=UP Fine Arts Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref> at Landsdowne in Garhwal, in the present day Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]], he secured Drawing Teacher`s Training Certificate and Diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Art and Craft, Lucknow.<ref name="Goa Art Gallery profile">{{cite web | url=http://goaartgallery.com/bisht_r_s.htm | title=Goa Art Gallery profile | publisher=Goa Art Gallery | date=2015 | access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref> He conducted many solo shows in a number of Indian cities besides a show in New York and participated in group shows in Frankfurt and Tokyo. He was also a participant of the 4th Triennale at New Delhi in 1972.<ref name="Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late)" />

[[Lalit Kala Akademi]] awarded him their fellowship in 1987.<ref name="Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late)" /> He was also fellow of the UP State Lalit Kala Akademi (184) and [[UNESCO]].<ref name="Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late)" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Bisht, who was the vice president of the Uttar Pradesh State Lalit Kala Akademi,<ref name="Ranvir Singh Bisht (Late)" /> died in 1998, aged 70.<ref name="Art and times of Prof. R. S. Bisht">{{cite web | url=http://rsbisht.com/ | title=Art and times of Prof. R. S. Bisht | publisher=RS Bisht | date=2015 | access-date=12 October 2015}}</ref> He was married to Vimala, a ceramic and terracotta artist and the couple had three daughters and one son.<ref name="Padmashri Prof Ranbir Singh Bisht and Prof Vimala Bisht" />

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