BEGINNINGS
Born in Navrari, Gujarat.
He was the first Indian artist to introduce Modern Stage Dcor in England and was a colleague of Leon Bakst and Picasso.
He was the Chief Restorer of National Gallery, London.
1990 Died in Bombay.
EDUCATION
1930-35 Diploma in Fine Arts, J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. 1935-38 Diploma in Fine Arts, Slade School of Fine Arts, London. 1936-39 Part time student, St. Martins School of Art, London. 1937 Studied in the Academie de La Grande Chaumiere, Paris. 1955 Student with Mr. Helmut Ruhemann.
EXHIBITIONS
1942-90 Exhb. in Bombay. 1945 Group exhb., Burlington House Art Gallery, London. 1946 UNESCO International Exhb., Paris. 1949, 67, 85 Exhb. in Ahmedabad. 1951 Exhb. in Djakarta. 1951 Exhb., Salon de Mai, Paris. 1952 Exhb. in Singapore. 1955 Exhb. in London and Paris. 1956 Exhb. in Zurich and New York. 1960 Contemporary Art from India, Folkwang Museum, Essen. 1987 Indian Drawing Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. 1996 Contemporary Indian Painters 1996, curated by Baburao Sadvelkar, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Baroda Museum, Baroda.
AWARDS
1956 Elected as one of the nine eminent artists of India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1939 Sir William Orpen Bursery Award, Slade. 1985 Abhivadan Trust Award, Bombay. 1986 Elected as fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. 1986 Felicitated, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat. 1987 Valsad Jilla Chitrashirsak Sangh and Navsari Nagarpallika, Bombay. 1990 Artist of the year, Maharashtra State Govt., Bombay.
