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'''Gian Singh Naqqash''' (1883 – 1953) was a Punjabi artist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2007-03-20|title=Gian Singh Naqqash, Bhai|url=https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/biographies/1900/gian-singh-naqqash-bhai/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Gateway To Sikhism|language=en-US}}</ref> He was a fresco painter and worked at the [[Golden Temple]] for more than 33 years.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|date=|title=Family of artists & legacy of 'most talented' Sunder Singh, 17|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/punjab/family-of-artists-legacy-of-most-talented-sunder-singh-17-754870|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> He is particularly known for painting in the style that is known as the [[Sikh School of Painting]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Srivastava|first=R. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoPu1scXkXYC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=Gian+Singh+Naqqash#v=onepage&q=Gian%20Singh%20Naqqash&f=false|title=Punjab Painting|date=1983|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-174-4|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Gian Singh was born in 1883 in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|British Punjab]] (now [[Punjab, India]]).<ref name=":0" /> His father was Charan Singh.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Gian Singh had three sons. His eldest son Sunder Singh was martyred in the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre]], when he was only 17 years. His younger son Jagat Singh went on to become an ayurveda expert<ref name=":2" /> while his youngest son [[G.S. Sohan Singh]] followed Gian Singh's footsteps became a painter himself.<ref>{{Cite web|title=G.S. Sohan Singh Artist – Art Heritage|url=http://art-heritage.com/sohan-singh/|access-date=2020-07-13|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
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* ''Naqqashi Darpan''<br />
* ''Visva Karma Darpan''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Srivastava|first=R. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VoPu1scXkXYC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=%22Naqqashi+Darpan%22#v=onepage&q=%22Naqqashi%20Darpan%22&f=false|title=Punjab Painting|date=1983|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-174-4|language=en}}</ref><br />
* ''Gian Chitravali: Masterpieces of the Late Bhai Gian Singh Naqqash'' (written by G.S. Sohan Singh) - 1956<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thursby|first=Gene R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNsIoNN5ie8C&pg=PR13&dq=Gian+Chitravali-Master+pieces+of+Bhai+Gian+Singh+%E2%80%98Naqqash%E2%80%99#v=onepage&q=Gian%20Chitravali-Master%20pieces%20of%20Bhai%20Gian%20Singh%20%E2%80%98Naqqash%E2%80%99&f=false|title=The Sikhs|date=1992|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-09554-0|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Honors ==<br />
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* Siropa - [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]] (1949)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhai Gian Singh Naqash – Art Heritage|url=http://art-heritage.com/bhai-gian-singh-naqash/|access-date=2020-07-10|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1883 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Male artists from Punjab, India]]<br />
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