Vinayak pandurang karmarkar biography of mahatma gandhi
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Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar also called as Nanasaheb Karmarkar was a renowned great sculptor.
Born: October 02,
Birth Place: Village Sasawane, Bodani, Maharashtra India.
Died: June 13,
Brief Introduction:
His father was a farmer and bit inclined to Music. Also he used to carve Ganesh idols during Ganesh festival. This raises the interest in the child, Vinayak who used to paint his house walls and make small idols from clay. Once he made a painting of Chatarapati Shivaji Maharaj on a horse on the walls of the Ram Mandir which was well appreciated by the Villagers and the District Collector Mr. Otto Rothfield, who later enrolled him to the Sir J.J. School of Arts, Mumbai. He topped the exams and was awarded ‘Lord Mayo’ Medal.
Mr. Otto Rothfield introduced Mr. Karmarkar to Shri Rabindranath and Surendranath Tagore, who requested Mr. Karmarkar to relocate to Kolkata. Thus the Journey of a great artist started.
In year to , he was assisted bygd M/s. Tata Company
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File:Mahatma Gandhi Bronze Bust By Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar - Gandhi Memorial Museum - Barrackpore - Kolkata JPG
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By Shriram Khadilkar
Friends (Cement) Last Sunday was a day of the Mahatma. While one Mahatma is internationally acclaimed as the trailblazer of the Freedom of India Movement, the other of circumscribed renown is Master Sculptor Late Shri Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar &#; Rodin of Indian sculpture. It wouldn&#;t be wrong to even call Rodin as the Karmarkar of Europe!
One of the great master sculptors of India, Mr. Karmarkar was motivated by the thoughts of the Freedom of India Movement. Incidentally, he helped the movement by giving asylum (space/place to hide from British soldiers) to freedom activists in his studio, which was then situated inTardeo in Central Mumbai. He became a fortified barricade and stood tall between the British and the freedom movement activists.
Mahatma Gandhi Torso (Bronze) at Mani Bhavan This was not enough; he requested Mahatmaji Gandhi to sit in front of him, so that he could sculpt him. The result &#; a lofty torso of
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