Born
1925-09-16
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
- ↑ Gazette of India.
- ↑ Portrait of an art collector at 100. The Hindu(2024-09-08). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jagdish Mittal: The artist as an aesthete and patron of artists. The Hindu(2025-01-07). Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ↑ Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way, Parvathy, Navya. The New Indian Express(2023-10-15). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ Custodian of Culture, Singh, Vishwaveer. www.deccanchronicle.com(2018-08-19). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ↑ Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way, Parvathy, Navya. The New Indian Express(2023-10-15). Retrieved 2024-10-09.