Sobha Singh (painter)
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Self portrait by Sobha Singh
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| Native name | ਸੋਭਾ ਸਿੰਘ |
| Born | 29 November 1901 |
| Died | 22 August 1986 (aged 84) |
| Known for | Painting |
Sobha Singh (29 November 1901 – 22 August 1986) was a well-known contemporary painter from Indian Punjab.
Sardar Sobha Singh was born on 29 November 1901 in a Ramgarhia Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab. His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry. In 1949 he settled down in Andretta (near Palampur), a remote and then little-known hamlet in the Kangra Valley on the foothills of the Himalayas,
beginning his career as a painter. Sobha Singh is fondly remembered as Darji and his adopted daughter Bibi Gurcharan Kaur has converted Andretta into an ever popular tourist destination not only for art enthusiasts but for all who admire his work.at the art gallery. Gurcharan Kaur's son Hirdaypal Singh now manages the SOBHA SINGH ART GALLERY, a jewel in the heart of the Kangra Valley.
At age 15, Sobha Singh entered the Industrial School at Amritsar for a one-year course in art and craft. He joined the British Indian army as a draughtsman and served in Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq). In 1923 he left army and returned to Amritsar, where he opened his art studio. In the same year, he married Bibi Inder Kaur on Baisakhi day. He worked from his studios at Amritsar, Lahore (1926) and Delhi (1931).
In 1946, He went back to Lahore and opened his studio at Anarkali and was working as an art director for a film when he was forced to leave the city due to partition of the country. In 1949 he settled down in Andretta (near Palampur), a remote and then little-known place in the Kangra Valley, beginning his career as a painter. Now these days this place is very well known.
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