10 Facts About Jagdish Swaminathan

Jagdish Swaminathan popularly known as J Swaminathan was an Indian artist, painter, poet and writer.

Jagdish Swaminathan played a role in the establishment of the Bharat Bhawan, a multi-art complex in Bhopal, in 1982, and served as the director of its Roopankar Art Museum till 1990.

Jagdish Swaminathan discovered Jangarh Singh Shyam, a Gond tribal artist of Madhya Pradesh.

Jagdish Swaminathan was a member of the Communist Party of India.

Jagdish Swaminathan subsequently returned to Delhi and was appointed sub-editor of a Hindi short story magazine, and subsequently editor of Mazdoor Awaz magazine.

Jagdish Swaminathan started taking evening classes at the Delhi Polytechnic, Kashmere Gate, training under artists Sailoz Mukherjee and Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal.

Jagdish Swaminathan was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1968 for research on "The significance of the traditional Numan to Contemporary Art".

Jagdish Swaminathan was active in helping vernacular painters from tribes such as Gond and Bhil to gain international recognition.

Jagdish Swaminathan helped establish Bharat Bhawan, a multi-art complex in Bhopal, established in 1982, and the collection of tribal art housed at the museum.

In 2007, an Untitled work by Jagdish Swaminathan was auctioned at Christie's for $312,000.