F N Souza
F N Souza (1924-2002) Friend’s residence, Vadodara, 1962-63 Francis Newton Souza was born in the Portuguese colony of Goa, known as Saligao, in 1924 to a strict Roman Catholic family. He moved to Mumbai and studied at the J. J. School of Art from which he was later expelled in 1945 for his support to […]
Ambadas Khobragade
Ambadas Khobragade (1922-2012) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1971 Ambadas Khobragade was born in Akola, in 1922 and initially trained at a private school in Ahmedabad. He later received his diploma from the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1952. He shifted to Madras to work at the government run Weavers’ Service Centre, where […]
Somnath Hore
Somnath Hore (1921-2006) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1960 Somnath Hore was born in 1921, in a village called Barama in Chittagong, present day Bangladesh. While he was still very young, he started making posters for the Communist party. It was with the help of the leader of this party that he was admitted into […]
Paritosh Sen
Paritosh Sen (1918-2008) Sen residence, Kolkata, 1989 Paritosh Sen was born 1918 in Dhaka, now Bangladesh and ran away from home to study art after reading the art journal Prabasi. He studied Fine Arts at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai and moved to Calcutta in 1942. There he founded and formed the […]
Dhanraj Bhagat
Dhanraj Bhagat (1917-1988) Konark Temple, Odisha, 1974 Dhanraj Bhagat was born in 1917 in Lahore and did his diploma from the Mayo School of Art in Lahore. He served as the head of the Sculpture Department at the College of Art, New Delhi, from 1947 to 1977 and began experimenting with different mediums for sculpting. […]
N B Joglekar
N B Joglekar (1916-2005) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1958-59 Narayan Balaji Joglekar was born in 1916 and undertook the study of art from J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. He also travelled to London and studied Diploma in Graphic Arts. Post his education he came back to India and became a teacher at the […]
Sankho Chaudhuri
Sankho Chaudhuri (1916-2006) Port Blair, Andaman-Nicobar, 1989 Sankho Chaudhuri was born in 1916 in Santhal Purganas, Bihar. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Santiniketan in 1939, after which he further studied under the guidance of Ramkinkar Baij and received a Diploma in Fine Art with distinction in Sculpture from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. Baij remained […]
M F Husain
M F Husain (1915-2011) Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara, 1986 Maqbool Fida Husain was born in 1915 in Pandharpur in Maharashtra. He was schooled in Indore before moving to Mumbai. Later he spent less than a year at the J. J. School of Art, where he was inspired by the modern innovations in European art and […]
Markand Bhatt
Markand Bhatt (1915-2006) Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1970 Markand Chhaganlal Bhatt was born in 1915 in Bhavnagar and was first educated at Dakshinamurti at Bhavnagar under the guidance of artist Somalal Shah. He received his diploma from the J. J. School of Art in 1937. He started his career drawing at the Natraj Theater […]
Shiavax Chavda
Shiavax Chavda (1914-1990) Sankho Chaudhuri’s residence, Vadodara, 1957-59 Shiavax Chavda was born in 1914 in Navsari, Gujarat and joined the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1930. He went to London to study at the Slade School under Professor Randolph in 1935 and in 1937, he further studied at the ‘Academie de la Grande […]