Archaeologist, Curator, Painter, Philosopher, Gandhian, Dr. Yashodhar Mathpal is one of those accomplished persons whose profile is hard to summarise in words. Born in 1940 in a small village in the Himalayas his work has culminated into a museum of folk culture.
A diploma-holder in fine arts from Lucknow Arts College, a first class Masters degree-holder in drawing and painting and a Ph.D in Archaeology,he has authored eight books and more than 175 of his papers have been published in reputed journals and magazines. He has held exhibitions of his paintings in France, Italy, Portugal, England and Australia and in more than a dozen places in India.
Dr.Mathpal has extensively studied and reproduced rock and cave paintings made by prehistoric man. He discovered that primeval drawings often tell stories of the lives of our ancestors who painted these exquisite designs.
His paintings depict the folk-culture of India, particularly of his native Kumaon. Some to his works grace museums of repute, including the Huntarian Museum, Scotland. Dr.Mathpal has carried out archaeological excavations in Kerela, U.P. and M.P., as also in the Shivaliks.
He has been felicitated with several awards of international and national fame including the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.
http://www.tadpolestore.com/index.