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Mr. Harkishore Kejriwal, one of India ’s foremost art collectors and patron, founded the HK Kejriwal foundation in the year 1970. The HK Kejriwal foundation gives grants to various institutions associated with art, education, medical and underprivileged children.

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   About HK Kejriwal
Mr. HK Kejriwal was born in Calcutta in 1925. He started his career as a stock broker and then diversified into various businesses including textiles, mining, etc. A successful businessman, Mr. Kejriwal also posseses a deep passion for art. Besides inheriting a vast collection of art from from his father, Mr. Ramkumar Kejriwal, Mr. HK Kejriwal has been an avid collector since 1945. His collections includes ancient paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, coins, etc. His collections date back to 3rd century B.C.
 
 
 

Mr. Kejriwal is also involved with art foundations and institutions in various advisory and trustee capacities.

   
 
  • Vice President and Trustee – Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat
  • Vice President and Trustee – Birla Archaeological and Research Institute
  • Trustee – Birla Academy of Art and Culture
  • Vice Chairman – Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore Kendra
  • Advisory Board Member – National gallery of modern art, Bangalore
  • Advisory Board Member – Rabindra Bharati University , Calcutta
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Mr. Kejriwal is the co-founder and vice president of Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore’s most prestigious art institute. He has donated part of his personal collection to the 20,000 square feet, HK Kejriwal museum housed at the Chitrakala Parishat. His donation to the people of India was recently valued at over 50 crores (12 million dollars). His collections to the Chitrakala Parishat are showcased in four museums.

 
     
 
  • HK Kejriwal – Bengal school and the Contemporary Indian art museum
  • HK Kejriwal – Sculpture museum
  • HK Kejriwal – Folk art museum
  • HK Kejriwal – International art museum
 
     
 

His donations in the Bengal school and the Contemporary Indian art museum includes paintings by:

 
     
 

Rabindranath Tagore

Jamini Roy

Abanindranath Tagore

Nandalal Bose

Asit Haldar

Amrita Shergill

AR Chughtai

NS Bendre

SH Raza

FN Souza

Debiprasad Roy Choudhury

Laxma Goud

KG Subramanyam

Ram Kumar

Ganesh Haloi

Anjolie Ela Menon

Bikash Bhattacharya

Arpana Caur

Yusuf Arakkal

T Vaikuntham

SG Vasudev

Jogen Chowdhury

Paritosh Sen

MF Hussain

PT Reddy

KK Hebbar

Akbar Padamsee

 
     
     
 

His donations in the sculpture museum includes works by:

 
     
 

Ram Kinkar Baij

Meera Mukherjee

Somenath Hoare

Purdosh Dasgupta

Chintamoni Kar

Sunil Kumar Das

Ram Kumar Manna

Laxma Goud

Bimal Kundu

Nirajan Pradhan

KM Gopal

Shamal Roy

Ajit Chakraborty

Nandagopal

Manik Talukdar

Anjolie Ela Menon

Sankho Chowdhury

Jhank Najari Jhunkar

 
     
     
 

His donations in the folk art museum includes works by:

 
     
 

Jangarh Singh Shyam

Teju Bai

Venkat Raman Singh

Jamuna Devi

Man Singh Bhai Rathwa

Putli Ganju (Ganju tribe)

Anil Chaitya Wangad

Satyendra Nath

Laxman Saura

Safiaum Bai

Dhaku Vitthal Kadu

Jaidev Bhagel

 
     
     
 

His donations in the international art museum includes works by:

 
     
 

Cristina Ciobanu
( Romania )

Dolino
( Brazil )

Karl Wiebke
( Australia )

Michal Morris
( Canada )

Rich Arnold
( USA )

Shin Kitamura
( Japan )

Lee Waisler
( USA )

Sue Carney
( UK )

Daniel Wheeler
( USA )

Mark Beam
( USA )

Robert Rauschenberg
( USA )

Carmen Peneru
( Romania )

 
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  Mr. Kejriwal encourages young and upcoming artists in India with a national grant of Rs. 1,00,000 to 4 of the most promising young artists in the country  
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