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Shrilal Joshi (1931–2018)

Shahpura-Bhilwara scroll chitrakar who codified mineral-pigment Pabuji and Devnarayan Phad iconography and founded Chitrashala.

Rajasthani Phad master painting heroic figures on a horizontal khadi scroll in Bhilwara

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Rajasthani Phad master painting heroic figures on a horizontal khadi scroll in Bhilwara
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Born into the hereditary Joshi scroll-painting family of Shahpura in Mewar, Rajasthan, Shrilal Joshi prepared hand-burnished, starch-primed khadi scrolls up to thirty feet wide in seven strict earth and mineral colours for itinerant Nayak and Gujjar Bhopa singer-priests. 1

Establishing Chitrashala (Joshi Kala Kendra) in Bhilwara to teach non-hereditary students and document regional epic layouts, he received the National Award, Padma Shri (2006), and Shilp Guru title (2007). 1

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Pabuji ki Phad Scroll-Sung Epic Recitation
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Shilp Guru Shrilal Joshi and the Phad Scroll Tradition of MewarDevelopment Commissioner (Handicrafts), India, 2007—
"Shrilal Joshi (1931–2018)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/shrilal-joshi · CC BY-SA 4.0.