Vinod Shah
Vinod Shah (b. 1934) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1959-60 Vinod Shah was born in 1934 in Rajkot, Gujarat and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the M S University, Baroda, with a Master’s degree in Painting. Soon after, he joined the same institution as a lecturer, eventually being appointed Head of the […]
Jyoti Bhatt
Jyoti Bhatt (b. 1934) Graphic Artist Workshop, Goa, 2012 Jyotindra Manshankar Bhatt was born in 1934 in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Bhatt took an interest in drawing at an early age. He studied painting and print making at M S University, Baroda from 1950-56. Under his mentor K G Subramanyan, Bhatt explored the academic divides between art […]
Haku Shah
Haku Shah (1934-2019) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1957-59 Haku Vajubhai Shah was born in Valod village, near Surat in 1934. He did his graduation and masters in Fine Arts from M S University, Baroda. A figurative painter of the Baroda School, his paintings reflect the apparent simplicities of rural life. He also carried out […]
Bhupen Khakhar
Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003) Khakhar residence, Vadodara, 1970’s Bhupen Khakhar was born in Mumbai in 1934 and went on to do his Bachelors in Economics, Commerce and Accounts and Auditing. He was a full time chartered accountant but pursued his artistic inclinations in his free time as the Khakhars were originally artisans who came from the […]
Sarbari Roy Chowdhury
Sarbari Roy Chowdhury (1933-2012) Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, 1974 Sarbari Roy Chowdhury was born in 1933 in Ulpur (now Bangladesh). He graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 1956 and studied under sculptors Prodosh Dasgupta and Sankho Chaudhuri at the M S University, Baroda. He served as the Head of the Department […]
Himmat Shah
Himmat Shah (b. 1933) Shah residence, Ahmedabad, 1969 Himmat Shah was born in Lothal, Gujarat in 1933 and grew up surrounded by the remnants of the Harappan Civilization. He moved to Bhavnagar and studied at Gharshala, a school affiliated to Dakshinamurti, the intellectual and cultural centre of the nationalist renaissance in Gujarat. It was here […]
Lalitha Lajmi
Lalitha Lajmi (b. 1932) Artist Camp, Manor, Maharashtra, 2009 Lalitha Lajmi was born in Kolkata in October 1932 into a family having appreciation towards the arts. She herself was very fond of classical dance and had an urge to paint. So her uncle, B. B. Benegal, a commercial artist from Kolkata, brought her a box […]
Shanti Dave
Shanti Dave (b. 1931) Dave residence, Vadodara, 1963 Shanti Dave was born in 1931, in Badpura, Gujarat to a government peon. He later moved to Ahmedabad where he started his art career painting signboards and billboards for films. These artistic aspirations made him join the Faculty of Fine Arts of the M S University, Baroda […]
Ramesh Pandya
Ramesh Pandya (1930-2019) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1964 Ramesh Pandya was born in 1930 in Surat and brought up in Chanod village as he lost his parents at an early age. He was the first student of the Faculty of Fine Arts who got absorbed into the teaching staff after the completion of his […]
Kishor Parekh
Kishor Parekh (1930-1982) At a Wedding, Banni, Kutch, 1979 Kishor Parekh was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat in 1930 and started out in life studying for a degree in Chemistry. The subject could not hold his interest, especially after he acquired a box camera in college. He went on to study filmmaking and documentary photography at […]