This presentation is on famous Painter and Artist Sardar Sobha Singh ji.

1. S. Sobha
Singh
Painter of the People
Submitted to-
Manraj Sir
Submitted by-
Mehakdeep
Singh

2. Birth and Childhood
 29 November 1901 in Sri Hargobindpur,
Distt.Gurdaspur.
 Father S.Deva Singh was in India Army.
 Mother Bibi Acchran.
 At 15 joined Industrial School, Amritsar.
 Did one year course of Art & Craft.

3. Career
 Joined as a draughtsman( Architecture) in
Indian Army.
 Served in Baghdad, Iraq.
 Left Army in 1923 and got married to Inder
Kaur.
 Started career in Drawing and Painting at
Amritsar.
 Later moved his studio to Lahore and Delhi.

4. Passion
 He sit at his Easel
for 18 to 20 hours.
 His first painting
was Sohani –
Mahiwal at Delhi
that gave him an
instant fame.
 Rated
masterpiece of
their painting
collection.

5. In The Lap Of Himalayas
 After the partition Dar ji settled down
permanently at Andretta.
 Situated in Kangra district of
Himlachal Pradesh.
 During the 38 years of stay at Andretta
he painted hundreds of paintings.
 Dar ji was skilled in Western classical
techique of oil painting.

6. Achievements of Dar ji
 State Artist by Punjab government in
1974.
 Padma Shri in 1983.
 Degree of Doctor of Literature by
Punjabi University, Patiala.
 BBC made a documentary film in
1984.

7. His Famous Paintings

8. Self Portraits of Dar ji

9. Thank You