Ramgopal Vijaivargiya: A Rare Collection of Paintings

Ramgopal Vijaivargiya was born in 1905 at Baler. Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. When he was a young boy he was so impressed by the work of a wandering Sadhu, drawing rural scenes in red and blue pencil that Vijaivargiya decided to become an artist. He was encouraged by his father in this endeavor; he enrolled himself at the Maharaja School of Art Jaipur and at the age of eighteen finished a five year course in eight months under the guidance of Shailendranath De. In the next five years he had developed his own distinct style in the tradition of the Bengal…