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'{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}} '''Bhanwar lal Girdhari lal Sharma''' ('''B. G. Sharma''') is an award-winning [[Painting|painter]] from [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].<ref name="bio">[http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=rajasthan@216&cur_section=sho&property_id=170424 Fodor's Rajasthan: B. G. Sharma Art Gallery in Udaipur] retrieved 1 June 2007</ref> He is famous for his miniature [[Devotional movements|devotional]] paintings and his rejuvenation and popularization of classic [[Indian art|Rajasthan art]], including the [[Mughal painting|Mughal]], [[Kishangarh]], and [[Kangra painting|Kangra]] styles.<ref name="madala">[http://mandala.org/index.php?cPath=19 Mandala Publishing: B. G. Sharma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181408/http://mandala.org/index.php?cPath=19 |date=28 September 2007 }} retrieved 1 June 2007</ref> He is also well known for experimenting and mixing modern with traditional styles and producing some exemplary pieces of art. Sharma was born 5 August 1924 in [[Nathdwara]], a small town near [[Udaipur, Rajasthan|Udaipur]].<ref name="udaipur">[http://www.udaipurplus.com/personality/bgsharma.htm Udaipur Plus biography] retrieved 1 June 2007</ref> Nathdwara is home to the [[Shrinathji]] [[Krishna]] temple complex, which supports an artists community. Sharma's family had been artists for generations.<ref name="madala" /> Sharma has been exhibited internationally in [[London]], [[Germany]], and the [[United States]]. The [[Shri B.G.Sharma Art Gallery]] in [[Udaipur]] contains an extensive collection of his works.<ref>[http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=rajasthan@216&cur_section=sho&property_id=170424 Shopping: B. G. Sharma Art Gallery]</ref> [[His Father Shri Girdhari Lal ji and Grandfather Shri Liladhar ji ]] (also from Nathdwara), had an early influence on B. G. Sharma. B. G. Sharma, however, later broke away to evolve his own style. Former Indian Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], [[British]] monarch [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] and former [[Australian]] Prime Minister [[Malcolm Fraser]] all commissioned portraits by Sharma.<ref name="madala" /><ref name="udaipur" /> His various awards include India's [[National Art Award]] for Master Craftsman. A collection of Sharma's artwork was published in September 2000 titled ''[[Form of Beauty: The Krishna Art of B.G.Sharma]]''.<ref>Sharma, B.G. (2000). ''Form of Beauty: The Krishna Art of B.G.Sharma''. Mandala Publishing Group. {{ISBN|978-1-886069-37-4}}</ref> == Bibliography == * ''[[The Cow Book]]'' (1983), compiled by [[Marc Gallant]], illustrated by [[Marc Gallant]], [[Wayne Anderson (illustrator)|Wayne Anderson]], [[Keleck]], [[James Marsh (artist)|James Marsh]], [[Braldt Bralds]], [[Yōko Ochida]], [[Michel Guiré-Vaka]], [[B. G. Sharma]], [[Lidia Postma]], [[Bushiri]], [[Jean Christian Knaff]], [[Luba Simansky]], [[Binette Schroeder]], [[Étienne Delessert (illustrator)|Étienne Delessert]], [[Martin Leman]], [[Jocelyne Pache]], [[Boris Vallejo]], [[Claude Lapointe]], [[Nick Price (illustrator)|Nicholas Price]], [[Josef Paleček]], [[Waldemar Świerzy]], [[Ivan Generalić]], [[Mark Hess]], [[Alain Gauthier]], [[Robert Giusti]], and [[Robert Rodriguez]], published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] == Sources == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, B. G.}} [[Category:Indian male painters]] [[Category:Rajasthani people]] [[Category:20th-century Indian painters]] [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Rajsamand district]] [[Category:Indian portrait painters]] [[Category:Painters from Rajasthan]] [[Category:The Cow Book artists]] {{India-artist-stub}}'