Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya

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Ramgopal Vijayvargiya was a noted painter of India.

He was born in 1905 at Baler Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan state in India. He was Principal of Rajasthan Kala Mandir and Rajasthan School of Art from 1945 to 1966. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1984.

His first exhibition was held in 1928 at Fine Arts & Crafts Society, Calcutta and thereafter many in other major cities of India.

Awards : Maharaja Patiala, 1934; Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, 1958; Padmasri, 1984. Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1988. In 1998 he received the honour of ’Sahitya Vachaspati’ from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag.

He was also a poet and a writer.