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

177 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES SHIAVAX CHAVDA b . 1914, Navsari, Gujrat d . 1990, Bombay, Maharashtra Education 1930-5 Diploma in Fine Arts, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay 1936-9 Diploma in Fine Arts, Slade School of Fine Arts, London (Studied under Prof. Randolf Schwabe & Mr. Valadimir Polunin) Studied at Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris Part time student, St. Martin School of Art, London 1955 Studied with Mr. Helmut Ruhemann, the Ex. Chief Restorer of the National Gallery, London Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1947 Mural, Air India, Bombay 1954 Mural, Burma Shell Member, Bombay Group 1957 Mural, Parliament House, New Delhi 1964 Mural, Air India, Washington D.C. 1969 Mural, Gandhi Darshan, New Delhi 1979 Three Murals, Tata Theatre, N.C.P.A., Bombay 1982 Mural, Reliance Textile Industries Ltd., Bombay President, Gujarat Kala Mandal Solo Exhibitions 1945 Bombay 1949 Ahmedabad 1951 Djakarta, Indonesia 1951-2 Singapore 1955-6 London, Paris, Zurich 1995 Retrospective , Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay (2–8 February) Awards & Honours 1939 Sir William Orpen Bursery, Slade 1956 Elected One of Nine Eminent Artists of India by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1985 Abhivadan Trust Award 1986 Conferred Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Archive National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Singapore Museum of Modern Art [Singapore] Victoria & Albert Museum, London [U.K.] Select Bibliography Books Mitter, Partha. Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994. (pp. 231–2) Tuli, Neville. The Flamed-Mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting . New Delhi: HEART–Mapin 1997. [Inted. Harry Abrams NY 1998] (p.277) Vadehra Art Gallery. Indian Contemporary Art Post-Independence . New Delhi 1997. (pp.112–3) Khanna, Balraj & Aziz Kurtha. Art Of Modern India . London: Thames and Hudson 1998. (pp.17, 43, 110–1 & 131) Mehta, Anupa (Ed.). A Collector’s Eye: The Jehangir Nicholson Collection – Selected Works . Mumbai 1998. (pp. 23 & 92) Kapur, Geeta. When Was Modernism . New Delhi: Tulika 2000. (p.314) Mitter, Partha. Indian Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. (pp.231–2) Sinha, Gayatri.(Ed.). Indian Art An Overview . New Delhi: Rupa & Co. 2003. [Essay by Ranjit Hoskote] (p.125) Journals & Essays Malik, Keshav. ‘Four Women Artists: Arpana Caur, Salvita Gomes Makhani, Kishori Kaul, Anupam Sud’ in AHJ 8 1988–9 . New Delhi. (pp. 64–86) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Arpana Caur NewWorks (1988–93) Body Is Just A Garment. New Delhi 1993. Cymroza Art Gallery. Arpana Caur. Bombay 1994. [Ex. 5–22 January] Arpana Caur 1975–95. New Delhi 1995. [Text: Suneet Chopra] Cymroza Art Gallery. The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. Bombay 1996. [Ex. 24 October–9 November] Sotheby’s. Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings . London 1996. (L138) Sotheby’s. The Indian Sale . London 1997. (L488 & L490) Mills College Art Gallery. Women Artists of India. Oakland, CA. 1997. [Ex.10 September–26 October] HEART/Tuli. The Intuitive-Logic II . Bombay 1997. (L195) Crosscurrents : Krysninger. Norway 1997. [National Touring Exhibition] Cymroza Art Gallery. Arpana Caur . Bombay 1998. [Ex. 4–21 February] Christie’s. Twentieth Century Indian Art . London 1998. (L162) Sotheby’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art . New York 1998. (L419) Christie’s. Twentieth Century Indian Art . London 1998. (L162) Sotheby’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art . New York 1998. (L419) Gayatri Sinha. Woman / Goddess. New Delhi 1999. Academy of Fine Arts & Literature / Cymroza Gallery. The Legend of Sohni . New Delhi / Bombay 2001. Apparao Galleries. Navarasaa. Chennai 2002. (p.13) Tao Art Gallery. Nav Nayika . Mumbai 2002. Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L102 & L106) Sarjan Art Gallery. Reflection . Vadodara 2003. [Ex. 24 January–8 February] Newspaper & Magazine Articles Arpana Caur. ‘Art Should Reflect Life’s Complexities’ in The Economic Times 4 June 1993, Calcutta. Poonam Goel. ‘Creative Outburst in Millenium Canvas’ in Hindustan Times 13 January 2001, New Delhi. Bernadette da Cunha. ‘Feminine Strokes’ in The Times of India 11 February 2002, Mumbai. Georgina L.Maddox & Vidya Shivadas. ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall’ in The Express Magazine 3 March 2002, Mumbai. Ashrafi S.Bhagat. ‘Interpreting the Navrarasas’ in The Hindu 11 August 2002, Chennai. Vinita Faridi. ‘A Prayer To Guru Nanak On Canvas’ in Hindustan Times 19 December 2003, New Delhi.