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L N TASKAR
1870 - 1937

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BEGINNINGS

Born in Bombay, Maharashtra.

EDUCATION

Education in J.J. School of Art, Bombay.

EXHIBITIONS

1904, 22, 27 Annual Exhb., Madras Art Society, Madras.

1909, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39 Annual Exhb., Bombay Art Society, Bombay.

1930, 33, 35 Annual Exhb., Simla Fine Arts Society, Simla.

1930 Mysore Dussehra Exhb, Mysore.

2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

Sri Bhavani Museum, Aundh.

Kerala Museum, Thiruvananthapuram.

Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai.

Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

1889, 94, 95 Awarded Art Certificate, Bombay.

1895 Awarded Drawing Teacher Certificate, Bombay.

1898 Awarded Certificate for Elementary Architecture.

Awarded Mayo Medal, Bombay.

1904, 22, 27 Award, Madras Art Society, Madras.

1909, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36 Award, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.

1930 Award, Mysore Dussehra Exhb., Mysore.

1933, 35 Award, Simla Fine Arts Society, Simla.

STYLE

Adopting the style of objective accuracy, formal order and an interest in narration, with objects and spaces modelled illusionistically, his paintings perform the social function of concentrating on everyday slices of life, generating attention on local imagery. When the artistic frame is constructed around places and events, it seems easier to discover its distinct local flavour, and that is the message that Taskars paintings send across to the spectator. There is a strong local aesthetic in Taskars paintings, and inspite of the rigid academic discipline inherent in the art schools, the artist made several departures from his training in the transparent watercolour technique. One can clearly locate this in his painting, Market Place, where within the framework of measured form and proportion, use of aerial perspective and focal strategies, forms move back and forth in the visual field. The presence of pencil drawing enhances the formal construction of the work, with the outdoor atm

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1898 Appointed as Art Teacher, J.J. School of Art, Bombay.