Ganesh Jogi – a narrative of his own invention

On November 2, India lost one of its most charismatic artists, Ganesh Jogi. Ganesh started life as a singer of devotional songs in a small village. His path to drawing was unusual and his story was reported in Minhazz Majumdar’s article for the Folk Art Messenger (click on “Ganesh and Teju” in the list to the right for the article).

Ganesh was a self-taught artist. Unlike most of the other artists documented on this site, Ganesh was not born into a visual artistic tradition. He created a personal narrative with figures of his own invention. His work is rich in fine details, but does not reproduce well in print or on-line. Only when seeing an actual drawing can one truly appreciate the greatness of his efforts.

He is survived by his beloved wife Teju and several children, many of whom were inspired by their father to become artists themselves.