Jagdish Chandra Mittal (16 September 1925 – 7 January 2025) was an Indian artist and art collector. His collection is housed in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum. In 1990, he was awarded the Padma Shri.[1]
Jagdish Mittal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 1925 |
| Died | 7 January 2025 (aged 99) |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Life and career
editMittal was born on 16 September 1925 in Mussoorie. His father was an engineer.[2][3] In 1945, he graduated from the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan.[4]
In the 1950s, Jagdish and his wife settled in Hyderabad. In 1976, they established the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian art at their residence.[5][6]
Mittal died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 99.[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Gazette of India" (PDF).
- ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (8 September 2024). "Portrait of an art collector at 100". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- 1 2 Nanisetti, Serish (7 January 2025). "Jagdish Mittal: The artist as an aesthete and patron of artists". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ↑ Parvathy, Navya (15 October 2023). "Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ↑ Singh, Vishwaveer (19 August 2018). "Custodian of Culture". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ↑ Parvathy, Navya (15 October 2023). "Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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