Gyarsilal Varma was a traditionally trained craftsman from a family of masons in Jaipur. After being introduced to N.S. Bendre in Vanasthali (Rajasthan), Bendre urged him to join as a tutor/demonstrator for Mural Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, in 1955. Since then, Gyarsilal has partnered with K.G. Subramanyan in a number of outdoor mural projects and is remembered for having taught generations of students a variety of mural techniques that included Jaipur fresco, buon fresco, cast and throw cement relief, and mosaic among others.

For more details about Gyarsilal Varma, please refer to Contemporary Art in Baroda, edited by Gulammohammed Sheikh, first published by Tulika in New Delhi, India, in 1997.

This photograph was digitised from Jyoti Bhatt's collection of 35mm negatives.