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

167 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES SADANAND K. BAKRE b . 10 November, 1920, Baroda, Gujarat Education 1939 Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay (Charles Gerrard was the Principal and he proved to be inspirational) 1944 Diploma in Modeling and Sculpture, Government of Bombay Art Examination 1945 Joined Civil Aviation Flying School, Government of India Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1946 Worked for film studios, Bombay 1947 Founder Member, Progressive Artists’ Group Solo Exhibitions 1936 Gokhale Education Society, Bombay 1951 Sculptures & Drawings , Bombay Art Society Salon, Bombay (2–10 March) 1958 Woodstock Gallery, London 1959 Gallery One, London (July) 1961 Sculptures and Paintings , Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London (3–26 February) 1962 Centaur Gallery, London (2–30 June) 1964 Gallery Private Bale, Switzerland Art Gallery of Mr. Roth, Detroit, U.S.A. Plattesburg International Art Festival, U.S.A. 1965 Gallery Chemould, Bombay (19– 26 March) Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (March) 1966 Burton Gallery, Burton, England Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay (October) 1969 Fiddes Watt Gallery, London Paintings , Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London (23 September–11 October) 1971 Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture 1948-1971 , Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London (9–27 November) 1997 Paintings and Sculptures , Son-Et- Lumiere Art Gallery, Bombay (7–29 March) 2002 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (7–13 November) Awards & Honours 1939 H.H. The Maharaja of Bhavnagar’s Cash Prize in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society 1940 Certificate in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society Two scholarships, Sir J.J. School of Art 1941 Sir Cowasji Jehangir First Prize in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society 1942 H.H. The Raja Saheb of Bhore’s Cash Prize in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society H.H. The Maharaja of Bhavnagar’s Cash Prize in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society Bronze Medal in Sculpture, Kolhapur Art Society 1943 Lord Harding’s Scholarship Lord Mayo Gold Medal, Sir J.J. School of Art 1944 Prof. O.V. Muller Memorial Cash Prize, Bombay Art Society 1947 Cash Prize, Bombay Art Society 1948 Late Rustom Sodio Memorial Cash Prize, Best work in oil painting, Bombay Art Society Silver Medal, Best work in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society President Sir Cowasji Jehangir Cash Prize in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society 1949 H.H. The Princess of Berar Cash Prize, Best Sculpture, Hyderabad Art Society Silver Medal, Hyderabad Art Society First Cash Prize, Best Portrait, Hyderabad Art Society 1950 Certificate in Sculpture, Bombay Art Society President Cowasji Jehangir Prize, Best Sculpture, Bombay Art Society 1964 Participated in the Plattesberg International Art Festival, U.S.A. Select Collections The Baroda Museum, Vadodara Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art Archive Ebrahim & Roshan Alkazi, New Delhi Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, Mumbai Family of Dr. Herman Goetz [West Germany] Family of Sir Cowasji Jehangir, Mumbai Wallis & Co., London [U.K.] E. Sehlesinger Family Family of Krishna Menon of Art from Maharashtra. Mumbai 2000. [Ex. Part 1/ 14–28 December; Part 2/ 30 December–13 January 2001; Text: Nina Rege] (pp.53 & 88) Osian’s/Tuli. India: The Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L135 & L136) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (L74 & L75) Kerala Lalithakala Academy. Modern Indian Art . Kochi 2001. [Curators: Ajaykumar & Vijaykumar Menon.] Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent. London 2001. (L53 & L54) Christie’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art including 20 th Century Indian Paintings. New York 2001. (L247) Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Mela: The ABC Of India . Mumbai 2002. (L104) Osian’s/Tuli. Masterpieces & Museum- Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L25, L43, L117 & L118)) Christie’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art including 20 th Century Indian Paintings. New York 2002. (L336 & L337) Bowrings. European & Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . New Delhi 2002. (L147) Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. India: Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collection . New Jersey [Ex. 7 April–31 July; Eds. Jeffrey Wechsler & Umesh Gaur] (pp.26–7 & 120) Christie’s. Indian and Islamic Works of Art Including 20 th Century Indian Paintings. London 2003. (L518 & L519) Osian’s/Tuli. Forty Masterpieces;20 th Century Painting & Drawing From India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka . Mumbai 2003. (L18) Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L48 & L49) Newspaper & Magazine Articles Rudi von Leyden. ‘Indian Painters of Today’ in Onlooker Annual 1959, Bombay. Gieve Patel. ‘A Bunch Of Flowers’ in The Times Of India 23 November 1966, Bombay. ‘Artist Krishnaji Howlaji Ara (1914–1985)’ in Sunday Mid Day 21 July 2002, Mumbai. Georgina L. Maddox. ‘Celebrating Ara’ in The Indian Express 21 November 2003, Mumbai. Georgina L. Maddox. ‘As God Intended’ in The Sunday Express 7 December 2003, Mumbai.