Ram Chandra Shukla Biography 
Ram Chandra Shukla was an Indian painter and art critic from Basti, Uttar Pradesh who lived during the period, 1925–2016. He painted many forms and styles of paintings, and later developed an indigenous style of modern painting in India and named it as Samikshavad, the first indigenous art movement in modern India. He was serving as the Professor and Head of the Department of Painting at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi when he developed this new style of painting, which is generally satirical in nature. Ram Chandra Shukla conducted many research works and also published his findings as papers and books.
Ram Chandra Shukla was born in a small village called Shukulpura of district Basti, Uttar Pradesh. He was born into a farmer’s family. The family shifted to Allahabad during his childhood days, where he grew up. He graduated from the Allahabad University where he got opportunity to study painting under a renowned Indian painter of the Bengal School, Kshitindra Nath Majumdar. After studies he joined the Department of Painting as a lecturer in the same university. Throughout his professional life, he taught students and retired as a professor and the Head of Department of Painting of BNU in 1985.
Initially he used water painting and later took interest in the folk paintings of India. After retirement he moved to Allahabad where he set up a studio. Instead of selling his paintings, he remained as a spiritual painter, enjoying the bliss of art. He has conducted numerous experiments with brush and colours, and one of its end results is the indigenous style of modern painting – Samikshavad. He expressed his inner spiritual feelings and experiences in the last phase of work.
Published: December 13, 2018
Updated: December 13, 2018
