He was born on 11 December 1922 in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. He got his early education from the famous painter Bhursingh Shekhawat.
He also studied at the "Lucknow School of Arts" for 1 year.
Later he came to Santiniketan and did diploma in Arts.
He traveled to Tibet, Nepal and Japan. They lived in Japan for 3 years.
Proficient in graffiti
He also did graffiti. Painted "Ramayana" in Hindi Bhavan of Shantiniketan, "Illustration of Gangaur Fair" at Jaipur Railway Station, "Pictures of Gandhiji's Life" at Birla House, New Delhi.
His art mainly consists of Mughal art, Rajput art, Bengal school, Rajasthani, Iranian and Japanese style influences.
Father of blue pottery
He is credited with reviving Jaipur's "Blue Pottery" (handicrafts). He gave a new life to this art almost disappearing. He did many works in the field of "Blue Pottery". He developed a new style called the 'Kripal Style'.
The land of Rajasthan
Blue pottery art got its name (clay utensils) because of its color in blue. Around 1950, this Jaipur art was on the verge of extinction, when Kripal Singh Shekhawat revived it. He has the distinction of being the only Blue Pottery painter of the nation.
Kripal Singh is also known as the "Chitera of the land of Rajasthan".
On behalf of the Government of India, he was awarded "Padmashree" in 1974, "Kalavid" in 1980 and "Shilp Guru" in 2002.
He died on 15 February 2008.
Paintings-
● Marriage of Pabuji Rathore
● daffodils
● Awaiting Krishna
● Meera's birth
-He has used wash illustration, tempera illustration, and ink in these paintings.
Note-
After the independence of India, Kripal Singh Shekhawat also had an artistic contribution in the original copy of the Indian Constitution, courtesy of Kalaguru Nandlal Bose.
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