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{{short description|Indian painter and art historian (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vijay Sharma
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| caption = Vijay Sharma and his wife Neeru Sharma
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|12 September 1962}}
| birth_place = [[Himachal Pradesh]], India
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| occupation = Painter
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| spouse = Neeru Sharma
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| children = Sarang Sharma Maitray sharma
| parents = Anantram Sharma Geetadevi Sharma
| website = {{URL||Official web site}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Kalidas Samman]] [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh State]] Award [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]] Award [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society|AIFACS]] Award [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh State]] Award
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'''Vijay Sharma''' is an Indian painter and art historian,<ref name="Divya Himachal">{{cite web | url=http://www.divyahimachal.com/himachal-news-2/pahari-miniature-painter-excels/ | title=Divya Himachal | publisher=Divya Himachal | date=1 June 2013 | access-date=3 December 2014 | archive-date=13 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213161526/http://www.divyahimachal.com/himachal-news-2/pahari-miniature-painter-excels/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kangra Arts Promotion Society">{{cite web | url=http://kangraarts.org/blog/2012/01/30/kaps-congratulates-sh-vijay-sharma-on-receiving-padam-shree/ | title=Kangra Arts Promotion Society | publisher=Kangra Arts Promotion Society | date=30 January 2012 | access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref> known for his expertise in the [[Pahari painting|Pahari school]] of miniature painting.<ref name="Hill Post">{{cite web | url=http://hillpost.in/2012/02/you-cannot-promote-art-unless-you-appreciate-it-vijay-sharma/41474/ | title=Interview on Hill Post | publisher=Hill Post | date=27 February 2012 | access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="DK Print World">{{cite web | url=http://www.dkprintworld.com/abouttheauthor.php?userId=351 | title=DK Print World | publisher=DK Print World | date=2014 | access-date=3 December 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''I started visiting the museum at the age of 13 and the museum stories amazed me every other day. Fine paintings done with hands and that too by the local artists were a revelation for me. I inquired about artists, their families but sadly they had given up painting long ago. They were carpenters, labourers, government officials, everything but not painters.,'' says Vijay Sharma.<ref name="Hill Post" />}}
[[File:Bihari Basohli.jpg|thumb|Painted by Vijay Sharma, this Basohli painting is based on a couplet from Bihari satsai]]
Vijay Sharma was born on 12 September 1962 to Geetadevi and Anantram Sharma at Mohalla Ramgarh, of the district of [[Chamba district|Chamba]], in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt">{{cite web | url=http://www.chambatalenthunt.com/VijaySharma.html | title=Chamba Talent Hunt | publisher=Chamba Talent Hunt | date=2014 | access-date=3 December 2014 | archive-date=4 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204180954/http://chambatalenthunt.com/VijaySharma.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> His father, a bus driver working for [[Himachal Road Transport Corporation]], noticed his son's penchant for drawing and sent the boy to [[Varanasi|Banares]] to learn painting, when he was only 15.<ref name="Hill Post" /> Though Sharma returned from Banares after a week's stay, he continued to hone his skills under Mirza Ashgar Beg<ref name="Divya Himachal" /> and by visiting the Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba.<ref name="Hill Post" /> Meanwhile, he passed ''Hindi Prabhakar'' examination and, later, secured a master's degree (MA) in History from [[Himachal Pradesh University]], Shimla.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /> After his academics, Sharma went back to [[Varanasi]] to learn miniature painting at Bharat Kala Bhawan under the tutelage of Ved Pal Sharma.<ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" /> He also attended an archaeological training camp conducted at [[Hampi]], Karnataka by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] in 1985.<ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" />

Sharma started working as a painter for the Himachal Road Transport Corporation at the age of 18 but, later, shifted to the Department of Language and Culture, Government of Himachal Pradesh as a conservation assistant.<ref name="Hill Post" /> He resigned from the post in 1988 and is an accredited artist at the Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.<ref name="Hill Post" /><ref name="DK Print World" />

Vijay Sharma has founded ''Shilpa Parishad'', a non governmental organization, for promoting the genre of miniature painting, especially the [[Pahari painting|Pahari school]] and serves as its president.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Artists-from-across-the-states/articleshow/21819675.cms | title=Times of India | publisher=Times of India | date=14 August 2013 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> He has also participated in many artist workshops such as the NZCC All India miniature painting workshop at Kalagram, Chandigarh in 2006, the Janapravaha artist workshop of 2005, workshop organized by the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata in 2007, miniature camp in connection with the Gita Jayanti Utsav of 2008, miniature camp held at the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]], Shimla in 2009, camp organized by [[Mohanlal Sukhadia University]], Udaipur in 2011 and ''Harmony Painting Residency 2012'' organized by Harmony Art Foundation, Mumbai.<ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" />

Sharma is a [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|government]] nominated member of the governing council of the Himachal Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and an executive committee member of the [[North Zone Cultural Centre]], a regional body established by the [[Government of India]] for the promotion of arts, crafts, traditions and cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Times of India" /> He is a founder member of the ''Kangra Arts Promotion Society''<ref name="Kangra Arts Promotion Society" /> and has also served as an honorary advisor to the Delhi Crafts Council,<ref name="DCC">{{cite web | url=http://www.craftrevival.org/detailsNgos.asp?CountryCode=INDIA&NgosCode=000884 | title=DCC | publisher=AsiaInCH Encyclopedia | date=2014 | access-date=4 December 2014 | archive-date=14 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414133237/http://craftrevival.org/detailsNgos.asp?CountryCode=INDIA&NgosCode=000884 | url-status=dead }}</ref> an NGO working for the revival of Indian arts and crafts.<ref name="Times of India" />

A follower of the Basholi and Kangra styles of [[Pahari painting]],<ref name="Kangra Arts Promotion Society" /><ref name="DK Print World" /> Sharma is also known to be a scholar and art historian.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /> He is reported to have learnt the ancient scripts of [[Śāradā script|Śāradā]] and [[Takri alphabet|Takri]]<ref name="Divya Himachal" /> and has published many books and articles<ref name="DK Print World" /> on the arts and crafts of Himachal Pradesh.<ref name="Kanha Priya: Romantic Moments in Poetry and Painting ">{{cite book | title=Kanha Priya: Romantic Moments in Poetry and Painting | publisher=Aryan Books | author=[[Harsha V. Deheja]], Vijay Sharma | year=2009 | pages=40 | isbn=978-8173053535}}</ref><ref name="Painted Words: Kangra Paintings of Matiram's Rasraj">{{cite book | title=Painted Words: Kangra Paintings of Matiram's Rasraj | publisher=DK Print World | author=Harsha V. Dehejia, Vijay Sharma | year=2012 | pages=184 | isbn=978-8124606124}}</ref><ref name="Pahari Paintings of an Ancient Romance: The Love Story of Usha-Aniruddha">{{cite book | title=Pahari Paintings of an Ancient Romance: The Love Story of Usha-Aniruddha | publisher=DK Print World | author=Harsha V. Dehejia, Vijay Sharma | year=2011 | pages=168 | isbn=978-8124605615}}</ref>

Vijay Sharma is married to Neeru Sharma and the couple has two sons, Sarang and Maitreya. The family lives in Mohalla Ramgarh near Dasnami Akhara in Chamba.<ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Vijay Sharma received the [[Government of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh state]] award in 1980 for his [[ragamala paintings]] followed by the award from the [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]] in 1990.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" /> [[All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society]] awarded him their annual AIFACS Award in 1997 and Sharma received the [[Kalidas Samman]] in 2011.<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" /> in 2012, the [[Government of India]] included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours list]] for the award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Divya Himachal" /><ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Chamba Talent Hunt" />

In 2013, Himachal Pradesh University awarded him the honorary doctorate.
[[File:Meeting in the moonlit night.jpg|thumb|This Kangra painting by Mr. Vijay Sharma was painted for the famous lyricist Gulzar Sahib and represents the song "mora gora ang layi le" (Film : Bandini)]]

==See also==
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* [[Pahari painting]]
* [[Ragamala paintings]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url= | title=Kanha Priya: Romantic Moments in Poetry and Painting | publisher=Aryan Books | author=Harsha V. Deheja, Vijay Sharma | year=2009 | pages=40 | isbn=978-8173053535}}
* {{cite book | url=| title=Painted Words: Kangra Paintings of Matiram's Rasraj | publisher=DK Print World | author=Harsha V. Dehejia, Vijay Sharma | year=2012 | pages=184 | isbn=978-8124606124}}
* {{cite book | url= | title=Pahari Paintings of an Ancient Romance: The Love Story of Usha-Aniruddha | publisher=DK Print World | author=Harsha V. Dehejia, Vijay Sharma | year=2011 | pages=168 | isbn=978-8124605615}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}
* [[:de:Vijay Sharma (Maler)]], Retrieved 3 December 2014
* {{cite web | url=http://hillpost.in/2012/02/you-cannot-promote-art-unless-you-appreciate-it-vijay-sharma/41474/ | title=Interview on Hill Post | publisher=Hill Post | date=27 February 2012 | access-date=3 December 2014}}
* {{cite interview | title=Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi - Interview | date=16 October 2013 | access-date=3 December 2014 | last=Sharma | first=Vijay | interviewer=Parul | location=Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pMHj1-sCI}}

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Adiyogirudraksha: made some bio basic info