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About Anil Karanjai
- Anil Karanjai (27 June 1940 – 18 March 2001) was an accomplished Indian artist.
- Born in East Bengal, he was educated in Benaras, where his family settled subsequent to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
- As a small child he had spent long hours playing with clay to make toys and arrows.
- He also began very early to draw animals and plants, or whatever inspired him.
- In 1956 he dropped out of school to become a full-time student at Bharatiya Kala Kendra, headed by Karnaman Singh, a master of the Bengal school and a Nepali by origin.
- This teacher encouraged Anil to experiment widely and to study the art of every culture.
- Anil remained here until 1960, exhibiting regularly and teaching other students.
- During the same period, he practised miniature painting at Bharat Kala Bhavan (Benaras Hindu University) under the eye of the last court painter to the Maharaja of Benaras.
- He also enrolled at Benaras Polytechnic to learn clay modelling and metal casting.
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