|
 |
Personality
of Week |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shri Khodidas Parmar , An Artist is a face above the crowd.
Shri Khodidas Parmar received Art Training in painting from Guru
Somalal Shah in 1948-1951, He has done M. A. with Gujarati and
Sanskrit. He was Lecturer at V.A.M.C. College, Bhavnagar (Guide of
PhD. In Folk Literature at Bhavnagar University.
Now a Days he is working as Folk Style and traditional Painter in
Bhavnagar and wants to write a book on Folk Motifs on Saurashtra
and Kutch, so he collecting Folk Motifs- drawings such as from
Embroidery, Bead Work, Wall- Paintings, Aalekh Drawings, Pottery
Paintings, Terracotta, Toys, Tomb Stones Wood Carvings etc. from
Gujarat State.
|
 |
|
He
has received several awards in Paintings :
- National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1957
- Gold Medal, Gujarat Uni., Ahmedabad in1957.
- He has been awarded eight prizes by All India Fine Arts and Crafts
Society, New Delhi from
1954, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1995.
- He was awarded Two Highly Commended from “The Bombay Art Society”,
Bombay in
1953,1956.
- He has won seven prizes by” Kalidas Samaroh, Vikramashila Vidhyapith:,
Ujjain (M.P.)
He has participated in many exhibitions in New Delhi, Calcutta,
Mumbai, Madras, Ujjain, Shrinagar, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Poona,
Bhuvaneshwar, Hyderabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, London , Mosco, Sharjah
Etc. He has solely held exhibitions at Ahmedabad (1980), Vallabh
Vidyanagar(1982), Ahmedabad (1992), Rajkot (1992), Bhavnagar
(1992)
|
|
His Paintings are in collection at
• Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi
• National Art Gallery, New Delhi
• Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi, Gandhinagar
• Amritsar Art Gallery, Punjab
• Air India Collection, Mumbai
• Bhartiya Sanskruti - Kutch Bhuj
• Gandhi Smruti Museum, Bhavnagar etc.
|
 |
|
|
Some of his major Publications include
1. Folk Embroidery of Saurashtra – 1967 – which has got 3rd
prize from Gujarat
State
2. (Ujalan Ohan) Gujarati Folk Tales Collection – 1971
3. (Dhola Mangal) Gujarati Folk Songs Collection – 1971
4. (Kanuda Ni Bal-Krinda) Krishna Legend in Gujarati with 45
Black and White Paintings, 1979
5. (Rasada No Ranga) Gujarati Folk Ballads Collection – 1979
6. (Gujarat Nan Loka-Gito) Gujarati Folk Songs Collection –
1981
7. (Painter Somalal Shah) Life Sketch of Painter Somalal
Shah in Gujarat with
Colour and Black-White Paintings – 1997
|
Articles and Research paper
More than 50 articles and research papers wrote on Folk
Arts, Folk Literature and Folk Lore – have been published in
Gujarti magazine “Kumar Oormi – Navarachna” “Akhanda Anand”
“Uttera” “Loka-Gurjari” “Gujarat Dipootsavi” etc.
Documentation of Folk-art tradition of Bhavnagar District in
the District Gazette
Documentation of Gujarati Folk Literature, folk-art and
folk-lore in “Gujarati Vishwakosh”
|
 |
Three books “Rasad no Rang”, “Dhola Mangal” and “Gujarat na
Lok-Gito”, have been prescribed as text books in Saurashtra
University and Bhavnagar University
Awards for Articles and Story
Tatoo-Article got Kumar Magazines Prize – 1965
(Natha) Nose Ring – Story got years best prize of Saravani
Magazine in 1980
Recognitions:
1 “Khodidas Parmar – The Painter with his colourful World”,
Albuam by Shri Rajeshbhai Shastri in 1989
2. (Khodidas Parmar – Kala Parichaya) Monograp in Gujarati,
Gujarat Lalit Kala in 1992
3. A set of Six Paintings by Khodidas Parmar 1994’s Calender
by State bank of Saurashtra, Bhavnagar
Some Gaurav Awards
1. Triveni Award, Baroda in 1980
2. Dr. Jivraj Mehta Award , Amreli – 1985
3. Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi – “Gaurav Puraskar 1988 – 89
4. Saurashtra Samachar, Daily News paper, Silver Jubilee
Award, Bhavnagar in 1989
5. (Gujarat Loka Kala Kendra) Sanman Award, Ahmedabad
6. Gujarat States “Meghani” Folk Lore Award of Rs. One lac
1993-94
Address :
Khodidas Parmar
Parmanand Bhavan, Kalubha Road
Bhavnagar -364 001
Gujarat State, INDIA
Note:
Shri Khodidas Parmar passed away on 31st March 04. He shall
be fondly remembered as GURU by many.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
