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Born
1925-09-16





Jagdish Chandra Mittal (16 September 1925 – 7 January 2025) was an Indian artist and art collector. His collection is housed in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum. In 1990, he was awarded the Padma Shri.[1]

Life and career

Mittal was born on 16 September 1925 in Mussoorie. His father was an engineer.[2][3] In 1945, he graduated from the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan.[4]

In the 1950s, Jagdish and his wife settled in Hyderabad. In 1976, they established the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian art at their residence.[5][6]

Mittal died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 99.[3]

References

  1. Gazette of India.
  2. Portrait of an art collector at 100. The Hindu(2024-09-08). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jagdish Mittal: The artist as an aesthete and patron of artists. The Hindu(2025-01-07). Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  4. Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way, Parvathy, Navya. The New Indian Express(2023-10-15). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  5. Custodian of Culture, Singh, Vishwaveer. www.deccanchronicle.com(2018-08-19). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  6. Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way, Parvathy, Navya. The New Indian Express(2023-10-15). Retrieved 2024-10-09.


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