Sankho Chaudhuri
Sankho Chaudhuri (1916-2006) Port Blair, Andaman-Nicobar, 1989 Sankho Chaudhuri was born in 1916 in Santhal Purganas, Bihar. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Santiniketan in 1939, after which he further studied under the guidance of Ramkinkar Baij and received a Diploma in Fine Art with distinction in Sculpture from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. Baij remained […]
M F Husain
M F Husain (1915-2011) Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara, 1986 Maqbool Fida Husain was born in 1915 in Pandharpur in Maharashtra. He was schooled in Indore before moving to Mumbai. Later he spent less than a year at the J. J. School of Art, where he was inspired by the modern innovations in European art and […]
Markand Bhatt
Markand Bhatt (1915-2006) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1970 Markand Chhaganlal Bhatt was born in 1915 in Bhavnagar and was first educated at Dakshinamurti at Bhavnagar under the guidance of artist Somalal Shah. He received his diploma from the J. J. School of Art in 1937. He started his career drawing at the Natraj Theater […]
Shiavax Chavda
Shiavax Chavda (1914-1990) Sankho Chaudhuri’s residence, Vadodara, 1957-59 Shiavax Chavda was born in 1914 in Navsari, Gujarat and joined the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1930. He went to London to study at the Slade School under Professor Randolph in 1935 and in 1937, he further studied at the ‘Academie de la Grande […]
K H Ara
K H Ara (1914-1985) Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1967 Krishnaji Howlaji Ara was born in Bolarum, Secunderabad in April 1914. He was the son of a chauffeur and ran away to Mumbai at the age of seven. He was a self-taught artist who struggled with poverty and made a living by cleaning cars. He was […]
K K Hebbar
K K Hebbar (1911-1996) Sankho Chaudhuri’s residence, Vadodara, 1957-59 Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar was born in South Karnataka in a village called Kittingiri in 1911. His father making clay idols during festivals, inspired the young child to make toys and develop an inclination towards the arts. He would also try to replicate the mythological images of […]
N S Bendre
N S Bendre (1910-1992) Adhyapak Niwas, Vadodara, 1958 Narayan Shridhar Bendre was born in 1910 in Indore, where he received his diploma in painting from the State Art School in 1929. He then received a Government Diploma in Art from Mumbai in 1933 and studied print making in New York from 1947 to 1950, under […]
Jagan Mehta
Jagan Mehta (1909-2003) Mehta residence, Ahmedabad, 1990 Jagan Mehta was born in 1909 into a family of Ayurveda physicians, in Sanand – Ahmedabad. However he was interested in painting from his school days, doing art work in both pencil and colour. Post failing his matriculation examination in 1929, he expressed his desire to his father […]
Ramkinkar Baij
Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) Baij residence, Santiniketan, 1978 Ramkinkar Baij, was born in 1906 in Bankura, West Bengal in a humble family. He was spotted by the journalist Ramananda Chatterjee who inducted him to Kala Bhavana. Baij soon mastered every medium – Sculptures, Oil paintings, Portraits & Miniatures. He worked under Nandalal Bose and Rabindranath Tagore […]