Badri Lal Chitrakar

Badri Lal Chitrakar (February 1920 – 2018) was an Indian traditional painter and dealer in antiquities.

One of his works includes a portrait of Maharana Bhupal Singh of Mewar, made on an ivory slab, for which he was honoured with the National Award by Ministry of Textiles, by the Government of India in 1987.

His works are housed in a number of museums and private art collections across the world.

Chitrakar was credited with keeping traditional Indian art schools alive through his successors and students.

He experimented with different materials, techniques of Indian art, and had an expertise in preparing pigments.