Jyotsana Bhatt
Jyotsana Bhatt (b. 1940) Ceramic centre, Vadodara, 1999 Jyotsana Bhatt was born in Mandvi, Kutch in 1940 and studied sculpture under Prof. Sankho Chaudhuri at the M S University, Baroda. She later studied ceramics under Shri Basab Barua and at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, USA. She learnt copper enameling at a private studio in […]
Anjolie Ela Menon
Anjolie Ela Menon (b. 1940) At a Wedding function, Vadodara, 2005 Anjolie Ela Menon was born in Burnpur, West Bengal in 1940. She studied Literature at New Delhi before studying at the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai which she left midway to study in Europe. She studied on a scholarship at Atelier Fresque, École […]
Manu Parekh
Manu Parekh (b. 1939) Archer Artist meet, Nathdwara, 1999 Manu Parekh was born in Ahmedabad in 1939 in Gujarat. He graduated with a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1962. He then started his career as a stage actor in Mumbai and designed stage-sets in Ahmedabad. From the […]
Jogen Chowdhury
Jogen Chowdhury (b. 1939) Madhubhan Artist Camp, Anand, 2010 Jogen Chowdhury was born on 16 February 1939 at Faridpur in undivided Bengal and came to Kolkata during the Partition, where he was educated at the Government College of Art & Craft and at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Beside his numerous paintings and exhibitions, […]
Gopi Gajwani
Gopi Gajwani (b. 1938) Artist Camp, Jaipur, 2008 Gopi Gajwani was born in Sind in 1938 and graduated from the Delhi School of Art in 1959 with a degree in Graphic Designing. He worked as a designer at the American Centre for 29 years, creating posters for plays, films, dances, and workshops, both home-grown and […]
V S Patel
V S Patel (b. 1938) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1968 Vinod S. Patel was born in Vaso village near Nadiad in 1938 and did his graduation in fine arts from the M S University, Baroda and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. He taught at the Department of Graphic Arts and later […]
Nasreen Mohamedi
Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1970’s Nasreen Mohamedi was born in Karachi in 1937, before the state of Pakistan was carved out of British colonial India. From a young age, her life was cosmopolitan as she was born in an elite Tyabji Family. Her father also owned a photographic equipment shop in […]
Nagji Patel
Nagji Patel (1937-2017) Uttarayan Sculpture Camp, Vadodara, 2008 Nagji Patel was born in 1937 in Juni Jithardi, Gujarat and did his diploma in Sculpture from M S University, Baroda. He got used to playing with clay since his childhood days and this also shaped the way he approached art. He was influenced to a very […]
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1973 G M Sheikh was born in 1937 in Saurashtra, Gujarat, and did his masters in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda in 1961. He also studied at the Royal College of Arts, London from 1963-69. Apart from being a […]
Arpita Singh
Arpita Singh (b. 1937) Madhubhan Artist Camp, Anand, 2010 Arpita Singh was born in 1937 in what is now Bangladesh. She attended the School of Art at Delhi Polytechnic in New Delhi from 1954 to 1959. She worked at the Weavers’ Service Centre, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India in New Delhi and experienced the […]