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'''SOBHA SINGH''' ([[29 November]] [[1901]] - [[21 August]] [[1986]]) | '''[[Sobha Singh|SOBHA SINGH]]''' ([[29 November]] [[1901]] - [[21 August]] [[1986]]) was a famous Sikh painter, especially well known for his portraits of the [[Sikh Gurus]]. | ||
In 1905, when he was only 4 years old, his mother Bibi Acchran died and some 12 years later, when he was about 16, his father S. Deva Singh died in 1917. At the age of 15, Sobha Singh entered the Industrial School at [[Amritsar]] for a one year course in art and craft. It is said that in 1919 he was present in [[Jalianwala Bagh]] at the time of firing. | He was born on [[29 November]] [[1901]] in a [[Ramgarhia]] family of [[Sri Hargobindpur]], in [[Gurdaspur district]] of the [[Punjab]]. His father, Deva Singh, had been in the Indian cavalry. | ||
In 1905, when he was only 4 years old, his mother Bibi Acchran died and some 12 years later, when he was about 16, his father S. Deva Singh died in 1917. | |||
At the age of 15, Sobha Singh entered the Industrial School at [[Amritsar]] for a one year course in art and craft. It is said that in 1919 he was present in [[Jalianwala Bagh]] at the time of firing. | |||
As a draughtsman in the [[Indian]] army he served in [[Baghdad]], in {{w|Mesopotamia}} (now Iraq). On coming back from Baghdad, he married Inder Kaur. Whatever amount he had been sending to his sister from overseas, she had not saved anything out of it for him. They had a real hard beginning due to the stringency of money. | As a draughtsman in the [[Indian]] army he served in [[Baghdad]], in {{w|Mesopotamia}} (now Iraq). On coming back from Baghdad, he married Inder Kaur. Whatever amount he had been sending to his sister from overseas, she had not saved anything out of it for him. They had a real hard beginning due to the stringency of money. | ||
He left the army in 1923 to pursue an independent career in drawing and painting, initially in [[Amritsar]] at Bazar Mai Sewan. <!----After a while, he studio close to [[Jallianwala Bagh]] still remaining in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]]. Nanak Singh, who became a well-known Punjabi writer and novelist, was his good friend. Sardar Gurbux Singh, editor Preet-Lari, a distinguished Punjabi writer, was their contemporary.-----> {{aowf|Sobha Singh}} | He left the army in 1923 to pursue an independent career in drawing and painting, initially in [[Amritsar]] at Bazar Mai Sewan. <!----After a while, he studio close to [[Jallianwala Bagh]] still remaining in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]]. Nanak Singh, who became a well-known Punjabi writer and novelist, was his good friend. Sardar Gurbux Singh, editor Preet-Lari, a distinguished Punjabi writer, was their contemporary.-----> {{aowf|Sobha Singh}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:02, 20 August 2012
SOBHA SINGH (29 November 1901 - 21 August 1986) was a famous Sikh painter, especially well known for his portraits of the Sikh Gurus.
He was born on 29 November 1901 in a Ramgarhia family of Sri Hargobindpur, in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab. His father, Deva Singh, had been in the Indian cavalry.
In 1905, when he was only 4 years old, his mother Bibi Acchran died and some 12 years later, when he was about 16, his father S. Deva Singh died in 1917.
At the age of 15, Sobha Singh entered the Industrial School at Amritsar for a one year course in art and craft. It is said that in 1919 he was present in Jalianwala Bagh at the time of firing.
As a draughtsman in the Indian army he served in Baghdad, in Mesopotamia (now Iraq). On coming back from Baghdad, he married Inder Kaur. Whatever amount he had been sending to his sister from overseas, she had not saved anything out of it for him. They had a real hard beginning due to the stringency of money.
He left the army in 1923 to pursue an independent career in drawing and painting, initially in Amritsar at Bazar Mai Sewan. .....More
