Kehar Singh (artist)

Kehar Singh (1820–1882) was a Sikh artist who was employed as a court painter by the Sikh states of Lahore and Kapurthala.^: xxi Baba Kehar Singh Musawar was a prominent artist of the Sikh Naqqashi school of art and helped innovate it. The art of frescoes was introduced by the artist Bhai Kehar Singh Musawar under the patronage of Maharaja Ranjit Singh during the era of the Sikh Empire. He was one of the most important of the court painters of Ranjit Singh. Kehar Singh and his family were honoured as Fakhr-e-Qoum ("pride of the nation").^: 49–53