Gopal Damodar Deuskar (11 September 1911, in Ahmednagar – 8 February 1994, in Pune) was an Indian painter, best remembered for his portraits and murals of notable Indian royalty, politicians, and diplomats. A graduate of the Sir J. J. School of Art and the Royal Academy of London, his murals are displayed at the Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir and the Tilak Smarak Ranga Mandir. His portraits have been displayed at the New Parliament House, New Delhi, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court of India, India House, London, and the Nehru Centre Art Gallery. A proponent of the Gurukul painting method, Raghuveer Bharam was his student.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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  1. ^ "Gopal Damodar Deuskar". Sahapedia. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ Bahulkar, Suhas (2015). चित्रकार गोपाळ देऊसकर कलावंत आणि माणूस (in Marathi). Pune: Rajahans Publications. ISBN 978-81-7434-850-0.
  3. ^ Nehru Centre pays tribute to late Shri Gopalrao Deuskar: a great Indian master portrait painter : an exhibition of his paintings at the Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Worli, Bombay, 12th December 1995 to 18th December 1995 (in Marathi). Nehru Centre Art Gallery. 1995.
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  5. ^ "देऊस्करांच्या चित्रकार व्यक्तिमत्वाचा शोध". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ^ "वसंतराव देशपांडेंच्या दुर्मीळ तैलचित्राचा 'बेरंग'". Loksatta (in Marathi). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2024.