Evolution of Art and Artist

On a special incident, he got inspiration for art education through writing when in 1942 on the day of holi at 6 in the morning Pandit Nehru invited him to Anand Bhavan to prepare an invitation card for his daughter’s (Mrs.Indira Gandhi) wedding. As a request to prepare wedding invitation in Indian style, he discussed on various art aspects with Pandit Nehru for 2 hours and at the end he advised Sanghal to write down all the thoughts. It was this discussion which inspired him to start writing the epic ‘Evolution of Art and Artist’.

This book is written in English in three huge volumes and it took 12 years for Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal to write this book. Unfortunately, it could not be published during his life time.

Through the dedicated efforts of his granddaughter Priyam Chandra, the book was carefully digitized and compiled. Volume 1 of the book was officially released on 7th September 2025 by the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak, at the National Book Fair, Lucknow. The other two volumes are yet to be published.

All his contributions in the field of art are the result of his firm faith in a super-abstract God whose existence he easily and successfully proved in the history of philosophy in this book by means of the venetian theory of colors.

Bhartiya Chitrakala Paddhati

Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal formulated the syllabus of Fine Arts of Kanpur University and published the book ‘Bhartiya Chittrakala Paddhati’ based on that in 1985 in Hindi for dealing with aesthetical, historial and specially technical aspects of Indian art. This book widely covers different aspects of art. It explains the definition of art, the significance of art in our lives, nature of art and its various dimensions. Prof. Sanghal goes on to explain the aesthetical aspect of art from his perpective. It truely reflects the stress he laid on 'satyam', 'shivam' 'sundaram', the rasas (emotional falvors), the six principles of Art and the eternal joy that art provides.

The second part of the book throws light on the historical aspects of art - the different styles of art that existed at various points in time.

The third part of the book is the most interesting part as it covers the practical aspects of art in the words of Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal. The basics of drawing with beautiful drawing illustrations, his original methods of making a perfect face, figure, hands, legs, leaves, flowers, trees, etc. He also explains the perfect measurements to draw which is totally in sync with how nature made everything. The book explains his painting techniques and what makes his paintings so unique and ever lasting. His wash technique is explained in his book in great detail. How is his wash technique is different and the way he evolved the existing techniques.

The Aesthetic Manifestations

The Aesthetic Manifestations, Paintings by Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal is an A3-sized portfolio of Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal’s paintings and was published by Kala Bharti Trust in 2024. The portfolio presents comprehensive information about the artist, features five of his paintings, and includes brief notes on each work. It also highlights the narrative, storytelling aspect embedded in his paintings.

Monograph on Sukhvir Sanghal

A monograph (book) on Prof. Sukhvir Sanghal was published by State Lalit Kala Akademi during the retrospetive art exhibition in March 2022. This 120 page monograph is in Engish and Hindi and contains a brief about him and his paintings.