Krishen Khanna
Krishen Khanna (born 1925) is an Indian artist born in Faislabad, Pakistan. He attended Imperial Service College in England and is a self-taught artist.[1] He is recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship in 1962, the Padma Shri in 1990, and the Padma Bhushan in 2011.[2]
Early life
In 1938 Khanna travelled from Bombay to Britain on RMS Strathmore.[3] After attending the Imperial Service College from 1938 to 1942, Khanna enrolled at Government College, Lahore, from 1942 to 1944. In 1946 he started working with Grindlays Bank for 14 years. In 1961 he resigned from the bank and devoted his full-time to art.[4]
Awards, Fellowships and Honors
- Rockefellar Fellowship (1962)
- National Award Lalit Kala Academi (1965)
- Fellowship of the Council of Economics and Cultural Affairs, New York (1965)
- Gold Medal First Triennale of Contemporary World Art, New Delhi (1968)
- President's Award, International Festival of Art, Baghdad, Iraq (1986)
- Gold Medal First Biennale Of Art, Lahore, Pakistan (1986)
- Padma Shri by Gov't of India (1990)
- Padma Bhushan by Gov't of India (2011)
References
- ↑ "krishen khanna". artnet. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ↑ Gayatri Sinha, Krishen Khanna, a critical biography (2001)
- ↑ "Krishen Khanna". indianarticle. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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