Kanwarjit Singh Kang

Kanwarjit Singh Kang (born 12 April 1942) is a Sikh art historian focused on Punjabi art. Kang has written a dozen research papers and thirteen books on the topics of art, handicrafts, and folklore of India. He also has contributed to English and Punjabi language newspapers and journals. His specialty is Punjabi murals. He served as the director of a research-project on the folk arts of northwest India financed by the National Academy of Art, Government of India. He served on the editorial board of the Roopa-Lekha periodical. He was the student of B. N. Goswamy.

Biography Kang was born in Takhran village in Ludhiana district in British Punjab in 1942. He became a college lecturer in art in 1963, completing his bachelor of art degree, and passed his M.A. in three subjects: Ancient Indian History and Culture, History of Art, and English. He has published many books analyzing the context of various murals he has captured with his camera.