Pramod Kamble Explained

Henry Dennis
Birth Date:1964 8, df=yes
Nationality:Indian
Field:Artist

Pramod Kamble (born 11 August 1964) is an Indian artist, painter and sculptor.[1] He promotes eco-friendly idols with NGOs creating Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. He conducts classes on making such eco-friendly idols during Ganesh Chaturthi.[2]

Early life

Kamble was born in 1964 into a family of artists. His father was a known watercolor artist and principal of an art institute. He won the National Talent Scholarship for sculpture in Std. 7th. He did his Foundation course and Art Teacher Diploma in Pragat Kala Mahavidyalaya, Ahmednagar, before joining Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai.

Career

Notable portraits, creative paintings and sculptures

Donations by sketching

During calamities, he has collected donations from people by sketching them on the streets of Ahmednagar and donating the proceeds to relief funds for the Latur earthquake, Gujarat earthquake, and Kargil War respectively.

Save the environment initiative

He encourages the idea of clay idol to be installed in every house during the Ganapati festival and conducts workshops for making clay Ganapati idols. He promotes idols of clay instead of Palter of Paris which are not easy to dissolve in the water. He has taken many workshops in the schools and colleges of Ahmednagar. In Mumbai, since the height of Ganesh idols are high, he suggests using fiberglass idols instead of plaster of Paris. His wife Swati supports him in this initiative.[2] [6]

Sare Jahan Se Achcha Project

See main article: Sare Jahan Se Achcha (pencil sketch).

A large pencil drawing "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" – 70 ft. by 20 ft. in dimension was drawn by Kamble. The project started in the year 1996 and was completed on the eve of Independence of 1997. It commemorates the Nation on the occasion of 50 years of Independence on the specially prepared wall of Mahavir Art Gallery in Ahmednagar. This drawing portrays Bharat Mata and almost 500 notable people including sages, deities, freedom fighters, Bharat Ratna awardees, Dadasaheb Phalke awardees, GyanPeeth awardees, Param Vir Chakra recipients and the masters in various fields of life that includes sports-persons, musicians, dancers, painters, theatre personalities, singers, social activists and industrialists.

Awards and achievements

Works

Sculpture

Works on wall

Other projects

Notes and References

  1. Web site: यू. म. पठाण, प्रमोद कांबळे यांचा बहुमान. Maharashtra Times.
  2. News: Activists, citizens promote eco-friendly Ganeshotsav | Pune News - Times of India. The Times of India. 29 August 2011 .
  3. Web site: नगरच्या हरणांचे वेस्ट इंडिजमध्ये स्थलांतर. Maharashtra Times.
  4. Web site: Animal Kingdom. https://web.archive.org/web/20060717013444/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp. dead. 17 July 2006.
  5. News: 21 February 2013 . Sculptor recalls meeting master blaster . Times Of India . 21 February 2013.
  6. Web site: मातीच्या गणेशमूर्तींसाठी लोकप्रबोधन. https://archive.today/20130706122322/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=2385064. 6 July 2013.
  7. Web site: कांबळेंचा साहित्यिकांवर हल्लाबोल. Maharashtra Times.
  8. Web site: MOST PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN ECO-FRIENDLY GANESHA MAKING WORKSHOP.
  9. Web site: ahmednagar news pramod kamble. 19 August 2023 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pramod Kamble".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.