Belongs
to a small village, Kripal Singhji’s early art education
started from the village artisans. His formal training in drawing
and painting was under Sh. Bhur Singh Shekhawat, and then in Lucknow.
He went on to Calcutta to join Shanti Niketan to study for four
years, where he acquired the knowledge and technique of oriental
painting.
Kripal
Singhji went to Japan for Diploma in Oriental Arts from Tokyo
University where he worked with prominent Japanese artists. In
1955, he started a mural on the life of Mahatma Gandhi in the
fresco technique at Birla House. In 1963, he became Director of
the Sawai Ram Singh Shilpa Kala Mandir at Jaipur where he taught
Indian Painting and Blue Pottery.
