Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

111 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III “ The respect for the sacredness of real art, the hard work enjoined by such a vocation, the thrill of musical, rhythmic expression – the very ideals of Indian art – shaped his character and his style…. He has a tender sympathy with his subjects, a capacity for entering into their souls. All this he acheives with an astonishing minimum of means, with a few lines, some indication of shading, touches of colour, or simple colour masses. However this line is a marvel. It sweeps with a breathless verve, catching, not withstanding all inevitable simplification, the characteristic pose and expression. It creates encapturing rhythms, wonderful decorative patterns. The line is the life and soul of Chavda’s art… Chavda is the draughtsman of all dancers…” (Hermann Goetz, rpt. in Shiavax Chavda . LKA 1983.)