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'''Jagdish Swaminathan''' commonly known as '''J. Swaminathan''' (21 June 1928 – 1994) was an | '''Jagdish Swaminathan''' commonly known as '''J. Swaminathan''' (21 June 1928 – 1994) was an Indian artist, painter, poet and writer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The blue chips: Top Indian painters: MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta, SH Raza, J Swaminathan, VS Gaitonde|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/top-indian-painters-mf-husain-tyeb-mehta-sh-raza-j-swaminathan-vs-gaitonde/1/181486.html |date=17 April 2006 |work= India Today|accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref> He played a role in the establishment of the [[Bharat Bhawan]], a multi-art complex in [[Bhopal]], in 1982, and served as the director of its Roopankar Art Museum till 1990. He discovered [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]], a [[Gond people|Gond]] tribal artist of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He was a member of the [[Communist Party of India]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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He started taking evening classes at the Delhi Polytechnic, [[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi|Kashmere Gate]], training under artists Sailoz Mukherjee and [[Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal]]. However, he soon quit his art classes, unable to manage the stress of working during the day and attending art classes in the evenings. In 1957, he joined the [[Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw]]. Upon his return to India in 1960, he held his first major exhibition, displaying his graphic prints and oil paintings alongside artists P.K. Razadan and N. Dixit. By the end of 1960s, he had left journalism to take up art full-time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life and Times of J. Swaminathan |url=http://www.ignca.gov.in/nl_00304.htm |volume=II |issue=1 |date=April–June 1994 |publisher=IGNCA, Newsletter |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811154056/http://www.ignca.gov.in/nl_00304.htm |archive-date=11 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | He started taking evening classes at the Delhi Polytechnic, [[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi|Kashmere Gate]], training under artists Sailoz Mukherjee and [[Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal]]. However, he soon quit his art classes, unable to manage the stress of working during the day and attending art classes in the evenings. In 1957, he joined the [[Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw]]. Upon his return to India in 1960, he held his first major exhibition, displaying his graphic prints and oil paintings alongside artists P.K. Razadan and N. Dixit. By the end of 1960s, he had left journalism to take up art full-time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Life and Times of J. Swaminathan |url=http://www.ignca.gov.in/nl_00304.htm |volume=II |issue=1 |date=April–June 1994 |publisher=IGNCA, Newsletter |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811154056/http://www.ignca.gov.in/nl_00304.htm |archive-date=11 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
Swaminathan was one of 12 co-founders of the short-lived artist group "[[GROUP 1890]]" founded in [[Bhavnagar]], Gujarat, in August 1962. Other members of the group included [[Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh]], [[Eric Bowen]], and [[Jyoti Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Twelve Men and a Short-lived Idea |url=http://www.artindiamag.com/quarter03_03_12/profiles_Sandhya03_03_12.html |date=3 March 2012 |publisher=Art India |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093429/http://www.artindiamag.com/quarter03_03_12/profiles_Sandhya03_03_12.html |archive-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Swaminathan was awarded the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1968 for research on "The significance of the traditional Numan to Contemporary Art".<ref>{{cite web| title = Official list of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows (1969-present)|work = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund]] | url = http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html }}</ref> | Swaminathan was one of 12 co-founders of the short-lived artist group "[[GROUP 1890]]" founded in [[Bhavnagar]], Gujarat, in August 1962. Other members of the group included [[Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh]], [[Eric Bowen]], and [[Jyoti Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Twelve Men and a Short-lived Idea |url=http://www.artindiamag.com/quarter03_03_12/profiles_Sandhya03_03_12.html |date=3 March 2012 |publisher=Art India |accessdate=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093429/http://www.artindiamag.com/quarter03_03_12/profiles_Sandhya03_03_12.html |archive-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Swaminathan was awarded the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1968 for research on "The significance of the traditional Numan to Contemporary Art".<ref>{{cite web| title = Official list of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows (1969-present)|work = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund]] | url = http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html }}</ref> | ||
Swaminathan was active in helping vernacular painters from tribes such as Gond and Bhil to gain international recognition. In 1981, he discovered the young gond artist [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]] painting on the mud walls of his house, who became the first known modern Gond artist.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Vision Of Fundamental Harmony |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130511/jsp/opinion/story_16849556.jsp#.UY_GMaJTCHg |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref> Recognizing his talent, Swaminathan took him to the city and held exhibitions of Shyam's paintings. Shyam soon gained international recognition and his paintings were included in exhibitions in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Swaminathan also helped establish [[Bharat Bhawan]], a multi-art complex in [[Bhopal]], established in 1982, and the collection of tribal art housed at the museum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Untitled, it depicts personal spaces |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091026/jsp/calcutta/story_11656806.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=26 October 2009 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Udyan Vajpeyi: "Jangarh Kalam - Narrative of a tradition - Gond Painting" |year=2008 |publisher=Tribal Welfare Department |location=Madhya Pradesh, India |isbn= 81-903764-3-8 |url=http://andershus.fr/articles.php?id=40}}</ref> | Swaminathan was active in helping vernacular painters from tribes such as Gond and Bhil to gain international recognition. In 1981, he discovered the young gond artist [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]] painting on the mud walls of his house, who became the first known modern Gond artist.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Vision Of Fundamental Harmony |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130511/jsp/opinion/story_16849556.jsp#.UY_GMaJTCHg |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref> Recognizing his talent, Swaminathan took him to the city and held exhibitions of Shyam's paintings. Shyam soon gained international recognition and his paintings were included in exhibitions in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Swaminathan also helped establish [[Bharat Bhawan]], a multi-art complex in [[Bhopal]], established in 1982, and the collection of tribal art housed at the museum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Untitled, it depicts personal spaces |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091026/jsp/calcutta/story_11656806.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=26 October 2009 |accessdate=12 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Udyan Vajpeyi: "Jangarh Kalam - Narrative of a tradition - Gond Painting" |year=2008 |publisher=Tribal Welfare Department |location=Madhya Pradesh, India |isbn= 81-903764-3-8 |url=http://andershus.fr/articles.php?id=40}}</ref> | ||