Seth Cowasjee Dinsha
Seth Cowasjee Dinsha (1827-1900) He was honoured and awarded by Lord Napier by E. A. Tachakura dated: 01-04-1895 Oil on canvas 28.3 x 21.3 in. (72 x 54 cm.) He moved to Aden after his education in 1846 and successfully setup one of the greatest business houses of the East. He benefited the city with […]
Marathi Gentleman
Marathi Gentleman by Unknown artist circa 1880 Oil on canvas 23 x 17 in. (58.5 x 43 cm.)
Durgaram Mancharam Dave
Durgaram Mancharam Dave (1809-1876) by Hosain dated: 1883 Oil colour on paper 27.2 x 19.5 in. (69 x 49.5 cm.)
Sheth Damodar Master
Sheth Damodar Master Kutchi Philanthropist by Unknown artist circa 1880 Oil colour on board 27.2 x 20 in. (69 x 51 cm.)
H. H. Takhatsinhji Jaswantsinhji
H. H. Takhatsinhji Jaswantsinhji (1858, r. 1870-1896) Thakore saheb of Bhavnagar by Unknown artist circa 1875 Oil colour on wood 27.75 x 21.9 in. (70.5 x 55.5 cm.)
Bhupen Khakhar by Amit Ambalal
Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003) by Amit Ambalal (b. 1943) dated: 2002 Watercolour on paper 20 x 29 in. (50.8 x 73.7 cm.) Bhupen Khakhar was born in Bombay in 1934. At his family’s insistence he went on to take a degree as Bachelor of Commerce and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Khakhar worked as an accountant […]
An English Teacher by Krishen Khanna
An English Teacher by Krishen Khanna (b. 1925) dated: 2001 Mixed media on paper 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.5 cm.) Krishen Khanna was born in 1925 in what is now Faislabad in Pakistan, he grew up in Lahore. He studied art after he graduated from college at evening classes held at the Mayo […]
Thorn-birds by Esther David
Self Portrait (Thorn-birds) by Esther David (b. 1945) dated: 1997 Acrylic on canvas 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm.) Esther David is a Jewish-Indian author, an artist and a sculptor based in Ahmedabad. When I asked her about this portrait, she wrote a letter to me describing her work: Dear Anil, When I […]
My childhood in Indore by M. F. Husain
My childhood in Indore by M. F. Husain (1915-2011) dated: 1981 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm.) M. F. Husain was born in Pandharpur, Maharashtra in 1915. His mother Zainab died when he was only one and half years old. His father Fida remarried and the family moved to Indore […]
A train companion by Sudhir Patwardhan
A train companion by Sudhir Patwardhan (b.1949) dated: 1975 Oil on canvas 22 x 18 in. (56 x 45.5 cm.) Sudhir Patwardhan considers himself a painter of people. Born in Pune, Maharashtra in 1949, he graduated in medicine from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in 1972. Patwardhan, a practicing radiologist, runs a clinic in […]