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

202 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III BHUPEN KHAKHAR b . 10 March 1934, Gulalwadi, Bombay, Maharashtra d . 8 August 2003, Vadodara, Gujarat Education 1952-3 Evening Art Classes, Grant Road, Bombay 1952-4 B.A. (Economics & Political Science), University of Bombay 1954-6 B.Com., University of Bombay 1957-60 Chartered Accountancy, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 1960-1 Evening Art Class, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay 1961 Printmaking class of Vasant Parab 1962-4 Masters in Art Criticism, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda 1994 Four month Fellowship, European Ceramic Centre, Hertogenbosch, Holland Teaching & Infrastructure–building Activities 1964-8 Part-time accounting job at Jyoti Ltd., an engineering firm 1968-90 Left Jyoti Ltd. for an accounting job at Bharat Lindner Pvt. Ltd. and stayed there until retirement 1969-73 Edited an art journal titled Vrischik , in collaboration with Gulam mohammed & Nilima Sheikh 1979 Artist-in-Residence, Bath Academy of Arts, Corsham, U.K. 1983 Series of Lectures and tutorials on paintings, St, Martin School, London; Bath Academy, Corsham; Royal College of Arts, London. Conducted workshop on painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda 1985 Invited to East and West Visual Encounter organised by Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay 1988-90 Devoted his energies to the writing as well as designing and production of a full- length comedy , Mojila Manilal 1989 Collaborated with Vivan Sundaram and Nalini Malani on an enormous mural on glass, Splash: Images on Glass in a large villa at Juhu, Bombay. Executed a set of prints (5 woodcuts and 3 linocuts) for a limited edition of two stories by Salman Rushdie Free Radio and The Prophet 1995 Visited London for portrait of Salman Rushdie at the invitation of BBC Solo Exhibitions 1965 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1967 Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi 1970 Kunika-Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi 1972 Gallery Chemould, Bombay 1976 Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 1979 Anthony Stokes Gallery, London Paintings, Glass Paintings and Watercolours , Hester van Royen Gallery, London (20 June–14 July) 1981 Gallery Chemould, Bombay 1983 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda Paintings and Drawings , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (9–16 March) Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad Paintings , Knoedler Gallery, London (April) 1985 Kanoria Centre for Art, Ahmedabad Hutheesing Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad Kunika-Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi Paintings and Water Colours , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (10–26 October) 1986 Galeries Contemporaines, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (5 March–11 May) Gallery Watari, Tokyo 1990 Chemould Art Gallery, Bombay 1991 Acrylics on paper , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (21 February–9 March) 1992 Galerie Schoo (F.I.A.), Amsterdam 1993 The Spirit of India , Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague Gallery Ka-Eins, Frankfurt, Germany 1994 Paintings , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (27 June–20 July) 1995 Recent Paintings , Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London 1997 Ceramics &Water Colours , Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (26 December–28 January) 1998 Paintings , The Fine Art Resource, Berlin (27 May–30 June) 1999 Paintings and Watercolours , Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (12–28 April) 2001 Beauty is Skin-Deep Only , Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara (24–29 December) Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai 2002 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (9–25 March) Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara Retrospective , Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Retrospective , The Lowry Museum, Manchester 2003 Retrospective , National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (November) Awards & Honours 1965 First Prize, Gujarat State Academy 1967 Honourable Mention, First Triennale, New Delhi 1976 Visited the U.S.S.R. & Yugoslavia on a cultural exchange programme of the Government of India 1984 Padmashree, Government of India 1986 Starr Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council, New York to visit museums and galleries in U.S.A. for five months 1989 ‘Figures of Thought’, film made by Arun Khopkar on Khakhar, Malani & Sundaram, sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India 2000 Prince Claus Award, Holland Select Collections British Museum, London [U.K.] Britannia Industries Ltd., Mumbai Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh Deutsche Bank, Mumbai Groucho Club, London [U.K.] Jehangir Nicholson Collection, N.C.P.A., Mumbai Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji [Japan] Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi Museum of Modern Art, New York [U.S.A.] National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi National Gallery of Modern Art, Sydney [Australia] National Portrait Gallery, London [U.K.] Trustees of Victoria & Albert Museum, London [U.K.] Select Bibliography Books Khakhar, Bhupen . Truth is Beauty and Beauty is God. 1972. [Booklet] Parimoo, Ratan . Studies in Modern India Art – A Collection of Essays. New Delhi: Kanak Publications 1975. (pp.57–8) Kapur, Geeta. Contemporary Indian Artists. New Delhi: Vikas Publishers 1978. (pp.147–77)