Rajendra Prasad Dabral : The Expert of Water Colour and Portraits

Himalayan Art
Art of Uttarakhand
Artists of Garhwal, Kumaun
Uttarakhand Art
Garhwali Chitrkala
Rajendra Prasad Dabral : The Expert of Water Colour and Portraits
Bhishma Kukreti
Most of the drawing related migrated Uttarakhandi artists have one exclusivity that most of the artists do not forget to paint/draw the natural beauty of Garhwal -Kumaun. Rajendra Prasad Dabral is such water colour painter and portraitist who never forget to draw some subject of Dabralsyun, Gangasalan , Pauri Garhwal , Hinwal river etc in his painting.
Born on 5th July, 1950 in a village of Dabralsyun Gangasalan Pauri Garhwal, Rajendra Dabral completed his early schooling from Matiyali Inter College, Sheela Patti. Dabrals of Dabralsyun were famous for their studies in Sanskrit and it was said that the caws, buffalos and pets talk and interact in Sanskrit because there is one Sanskrit College in Timli Dabralsyun. However, Rajendra had inclination towards art from his childhood. His relatives used to say that at the age of five or six child Rajendra used to draw pictures by wood coal and wherever the people used to find black picture, people of his village used to know that Rajendra spent some time there. Rajendra joined Lucknow College of arts and Crafts and got national diploma from there. After passing diploma , he completed his master degree in arts and Crafts from there. He worked for some time as designer with akhil Bhartiya Hast Shilp Mandal . He worked as designer in many documentary films as ‘Yudh xetra Me Jhansi ki Rani and science related documentary films..later on Rajendra Dabral choose to teach art and craftsmanshipin Delhi.
Rajnedra Dabral is expert of water colour and portraits . He exhibited his paintings and drawings . Main exclusivity of Dabral is that Rajendra brings many images of rural Garhwal in his art. Once , he said to this author and Garhwali poet Vinod Uniyal that after so many years of migrating from his village, he could not forget the beauty of Dabraksyun, the hills, the trees and specially river Hinwal. This aspect forces him to bring images of Garhwal into his paintings and even in many portraits.
He exhibited many times his paintings and portraits and got appreciations from national and international art critics. His paintings are in various national and international art museums.
Kendriy Lalit Kala Acedemy and many organizations awarded Dabral for his devotion to art and paintings .

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