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

169 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES NARAYAN SHRIDHAR BENDRE b . 21 August 1910, Indore, Madhya Pradesh d . 18 February 1992 Education Studied under the tutelage of D.D. Deolalikar in Indore 1933 B.A., Holkar College, Agra University 1929-34 Diploma in Painting, State School of Art, Indore (Affiliated to Sir J.J. School of Art) 1947-8 Ceramics, YWCA, New York Study tour of the U.S., sponsored by Federation of American Artists, Philadelphia 1948 Print Making, Art Students’ League, New York Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1938 Set up B. Datta Art Gallery, Srinagar 1939-41 Conducted Art Classes, Bombay (S.B. Palsikar & K.S. Kulkarni were his students) 1946 Guest Artist, Santiniketan President, Art Society of India, Bombay 1950-9 The first Reader and Head of the Department of Painting, Fine Arts Faculty, M.S. University, Baroda 1951 Commissioned for Mural, Shivaji Park swimming pool, Dadar, Bombay 1952 Member, Government of India’s first Cultural Delegation to China 1956 Formed Baroda group of artists, with staff and students at M.S. University, Baroda 1959-66 Dean, Fine Arts Faculty, M.S. University, Baroda 1962 Attended Conference of the International Association of Plastic Arts, U.S.A. 1962-72 Vice Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1968 Visited Eastern Europe as a member of the Cultural Exchange Programme, Government of India 1972-8 Vice President & President, Art Society of India, Bombay Member, Art Advisory Committee, Government of Maharashtra 1978 Visiting Professor, Khairagarh University, Madhya Pradesh Solo Exhibitions 1943 Bombay 1945 Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay 1947-8 Travelling Exhibition, Windermere Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 1950 Bombay 1957 Baroda 1960 Abstract Works , Baroda 1962 Baroda 1963 Bombay 1968 Bombay 1969 Travelling Exhibition, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia & Poland 1970 Bombay 1972 Bombay 1974 Retrospective , Organised by Lalit Kala Akademi on the occasion of confernment of “Fellowship”, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay (5–10 October) 1976 Bombay 1977 Bombay 1979 Bombay 1980 Bhopal 1981 Bombay 1983 Bombay 1985 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (3–9 December) 1992 Individuals Cultural Centre, Jammu (28 November–1 December) A Tribute , Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda 2000 Sketches , Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (13–19 December) Awards & Honours 1934 Vagabond , Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society 1935 Street Attraction , Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society Governor’s Prize, Bombay Art Society 1936 Governor’s Prize, Bombay Art Society 1941 Landscapes of Benaras , Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society 1943 Trophy, Art Society of India, Bombay 1945 Quit India , Patel Trophy, Art Society of India, Bombay 1954 Nominated Eminent Artist, General Council and Executive Board, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1955 The Thorn , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1969 Padmashree, Government of India 1971 Chairman, International Jury, IInd Triennale Exhibition, New Delhi 1974 Conferred Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1982 Aban-Gagan Award, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan 1983 D. Litt, Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh, Madhya Pradesh 1984 Kalidas Samman, Government of Madhya Pradesh 1992 Padma Bhushan, Government of India Select Collections Art Society of India, Mumbai Jehangir Nicholson Estate, Mumbai Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Peabody Essex Museum, Salem [U.S.A.] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [TIFR], Mumbai Tata Sons, Mumbai Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art Archive B.M. Ghia Family Collection Select Bibliography Books Venkatachalam, G. & Manu Thacker. Present-Day Painters of India: Manu Thacker Memorial Volume . Bombay: Sudhangshu Publications c.1950. (pp.7–12) Rao, P.R.Ramachandra. Modern Indian Painting . Madras: Rachana 1953. (p.49) Khandalavala, Karl & K.K. Hebbar (Eds.). Bendre . New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi 1957. Rao, P.R. Ramachandra. Contemporary Indian Art . Madras: Vicha Fine Arts 1969. (p.23 & 43) Parimoo, Ratan. Studies in Modern Indian Art – A Collection of Essays . New Delhi: Kanak Publications 1975. (pp.47–50) Chatterji, Ram (Ed.). Indian Painting Today 1981 . Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery 1981. (pp.47–50) Bickelmann, Ursula & Nissim Ezekiel. Artists Today: East-West Visual Arts Encounter . Bombay: Marg 1987. (pp.103–6) Chatterji, Ram (Ed.). Indian Drawing Today 1987 . Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery 1987. (pp.74–7) Chatterji, Ram. Bendre – The Painter and the Person . Toronto: The Bendre Foundation for Art and Culture & Indus Corporation 1990.