Ratan Parimoo
Ratan Parimoo (b. 1936) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1973 Prof. Ratan Parimoo, born in 1936 in Srinagar, Kashmir, is a trained painter and a highly respected art historian. His father was a general practitioner and their house was on the banks of the Jhelum river. He was an intelligent student and did brilliantly well […]
Raghav Kaneria
Raghav Kaneria (b. 1936) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1974-75 Raghav Kaneria was born in Anida in 1936 and is a sculptor and an experimentalist of the early 1960s. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and did his masters from London. He also was a faculty at the Walthamstow School of Arts, […]
Sakti Burman
Sakti Burman (b. 1935) At a Wedding function, Vadodara, 2005 Sakti Burman was born in 1935 in Kolkata, though his parents had lived in France for a while. His mother died when he was very young which left an impression on his mind forever. The family later moved to Dibrugarh where his experiences in visual […]
Paramjit Singh
Paramjit Singh (b. 1935) Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 1982 Paramjit Singh was born in 1935, in Amritsar, Punjab and received his Diploma in Fine Arts from Delhi Polytechnic in 1958 and studied Print making at Atelier Nord, Norway in the 1970’s. He was a Professor of Art and Art Education at Jamia Milia Islamia University and […]
Bhanu Shah
Bhanu Shah (b. 1935) Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad, 2010 Bhanu Shah was born on January 5, 1935, in Ahmedabad and graduated in Fine Arts as well as gained a Post-graduate diploma in Museology from M S University, Baroda. In college, he used to paint beautiful landscapes, which seemingly empowered him by expressing himself strongly. He has […]
Naina Dalal
Naina Dalal (b. 1935) Patang Hotel, Ahmedabad, 2010 Naina Dalal was born in 1935, did her Bachelors and Masters from Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and went to London Polytechnique and Pratt Institute in New York to learn Lithography and Etching. She has had several solo, group and a retrospective show of graphics to her […]
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 […]