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{{Infobox artist
| name = Jagmohan Chopra
| image = Jagmohan Chopra.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1935
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], Punjab, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death year and age|2013|1935}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality law|Indian]] (1915–2010)
| known_for = Principal, [[Government College of Arts, Chandigarh]]
| training = School of art (Art Department) of Delhi Polytechnic
| movement = Group 8
| awards = Kala Ratna
}}

'''Shri Jagmohan Chopra''' (1935–2013)<ref name=blouin>{{cite news|last1=D'MELLO|first1=ROSALYN|title=Printmaker Jagmohan Chopra Passes Away, Chandigarh LKA Plans Memorial Meeting|url=http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/874359/printmaker-jagmohan-chopra-passes-away-chandigarh-lka-plans|accessdate=16 June 2016|publisher=[[Louise Blouin Media]]|date=4 March 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325124112/http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/874359/printmaker-jagmohan-chopra-passes-away-chandigarh-lka-plans|archivedate=25 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> was an Indian printmaker, painter and photographer who promoted printmaking in India. His contribution in this regard has been honoured by awarding him [[Kala Ratna]] in 1988. He was chairman and later on President of [[AIFACS]].<ref name=blouin/> His contributed to developing the activities of the Society in [[Delhi]] and [[Panchkula]].

== Education and career ==

Jagmohan Chopra was a student of the School of Art (Art Department) of [[Delhi Polytechnic]], which became the independent [[College of Art]] in the year 1964. After completing his [[Diploma#India|National Diploma]] he was appointed as a lecturer in the College of Art, New Delhi. In the year 1976, he became Principal of the [[Government College of Arts, Chandigarh]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artcollegechd.nic.in/hist.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170409/http://artcollegechd.nic.in/hist.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-11-14 |title=College of Art |work=artcollegechd.nic.in|accessdate=2016-08-13 }}</ref> and transformed that college into a successful learning centre of art.

==Career==

Shri Jagmohan Chopra was a well-known printmaker, painter and photographer who promoted printmaking in India. His contribution in this regard has been honored by awarding him '[[Kala Ratna]]" in 1988. He was a life member of the Society. He was chairman and later on President of [[AIFACS]]. He experimented with the process of [[Intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] on a cardboard plate by creating surfaces of different levels and textures. This process helped print-makers to experiment creatively. Zinc plates were either not available or very expensive to afford for emerging younger artists. He established an [[etching]] press at his residence at Pusa Campus for graduated students and some senior artists. There he formed [[Group 8 (artistic movement)|Group 8]] – an association of working artists devoted to print making in order to promote print making.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=group-8&iid=23&articleid=590|title=Group 8|website=www.artnewsnviews.com|accessdate=30 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927002338/http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=group-8&iid=23&articleid=590|archivedate=27 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It gave successful results and print making was at its peak in the country. He had knowledge in various diverse subjects like [[homeopathy]], [[palmistry]], cooking, and photography. He took a keen interest in photography and added special sections in the all [[India]] exhibition of prints. He was a product of an art college at a time of economic troubles but was determined to go ahead and put whatever meager resources he could manage to establish his etching studio and for photography. He did not pursue the commercial side of the art profession and stayed true to his principles.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819202157/http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/img-commemotations-37.html Jagmohan Chopra Memorial Meeting]

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