Shri Jagmohan Chopra (1935–2013)
was an Indian printmaker, painter and photographer who promoted printmaking in India. His contribution in this regard has been honoured by awarding him
Kala Ratna in 1988. He was chairman and later on President of
AIFACS.
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Education and career
Jagmohan Chopra was a student of the School of Art (Art Department) of Delhi Polytechnic, which became the independent College of Art
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design. This includes fine art – especially illustration, painting, contemporary art, sculpture, and graphic design. T ...
in the year 1964. After completing his National Diploma he was appointed as a lecturer in the College of Art, New Delhi. In the year 1976, he became Principal of the Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, and transformed that college into a successful learning centre of art.
Career
Shri Jagmohan Chopra was a well-known printmaker, painter and photographer who promoted printmaking in India. His contribution in this regard has been honored by awarding him ' Kala Ratna" in 1988. He was a life member of the Society. He was chairman and later on President of AIFACS. He experimented with the process of intaglio on a cardboard plate by creating surfaces of different levels and textures. This process helped print-makers to experiment creatively. Zinc plates were either not available or very expensive to afford for emerging younger artists. He established an etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...
press at his residence at Pusa Campus for graduated students and some senior artists. There he formed Group 8 Group 8 may refer to:
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, palmistry
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, cooking, and photography. He took a keen interest in photography and added special sections in the all India exhibition of prints. He was a product of an art college at a time of economic troubles but was determined to go ahead and put whatever meager resources he could manage to establish his etching studio and for photography. He did not pursue the commercial side of the art profession and stayed true to his principles.
References
External links
Jagmohan Chopra Memorial Meeting
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1935 births
2013 deaths
Indian printers
Indian male painters
20th-century Indian photographers
20th-century Indian painters
Artists from Lahore
Painters from Delhi
20th-century Indian male artists