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

212 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III LAXMAN PAI b. 21 January 1926, Madgaon, Goa Education 1943-7 Diploma in Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay 1951 Student, Beaux Arts, Paris, France Teaching Experience and Infrastructure- building Activities 1947-51 Assistant teacher, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay 1957 Commissioned for designs, Rosenthal Porcelain, West Germany 1977-87 Principal, Goa College of Art 2000 Published My Search My Evolution , New Delhi Served on Board of Studies (Painting), Bombay and Goa University Executive Board, Lalit Kala Akademi Ex. Member, General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi Solo Exhibitions 1950 Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1952 Rue de Seine, Paris Galerie Beaux – Arts, London 1953 Rue St. Placide, Paris Galerie W. Gurlitt, Munich All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Hall, New Delhi 1954 Alliance Francaise, Bombay 1955 Retrospective – Paintings on Gita Govinda , Paris New Delhi Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris 1956 Images de Goa , Galerie Prismes, Rue Monsieur Le Prince, Paris 1957 Palais Dauphine, Paris Galerie Gurlitt, Munich Stuttgart New York Bombay 1958 Ramayana and life of Mahatma Gandhi , Galerie de l’Alliance, Bombay Ramayana and life of Mahatma Gandhi , New Delhi 1959 The Life of Buddha , Palais Dauphine, Paris The Life of Buddha , St. George’s Gallery Prints, London (June) 1960 Rue de Colisee, Paris 1961 Paintings on Silk , Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris 1962 Kunika Art Centre, Delhi Calcutta Retrospective 1948-62 , Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1963 Ritusamhara , Raj Bhavan and Roopa Art Gallery, Bombay 1964 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi Kasauli, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1965 Musical Moods , Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi Musical Moods , Taj Art Gallery, Bombay Kashmir Portraits , Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1966 Kashmir Portraits , Gallery Chemould, Bombay Purusha and Prakriti , Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi Purusha and Prakriti , Bombay 1967 Dance Forms , All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi 1968 Dance Forms , Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (19–25 March) Calcutta Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi 1969 Gita Gallery, New Delhi (6 October) 1970 Silpakorn University, Bangkok National Art Gallery, Kuala Lampur Meyer Gallery, Singapore Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1971 Ramayana , Panaji, Goa Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1972 Kangra Portraits , New Delhi 1973 Human Forms Series , Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1975 Kangra Valley , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1976 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 1977 Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay (November) 1978 Madgaon, Goa Bombay 1979 Institute Gallery, Organised by Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji, Goa Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 1981 Institute Gallery, Organised by Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji, Goa Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay (2–8 February) Bangalore 1998 Missing, Nature Morte, New Delhi 1999 Missing, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2001 Paintings, Galerie Nanky de Vreeze, Amsterdam Awards & Honours 1991 C.R. Das Gupta Gold Medal, M.S. University, Baroda 1996 UNESCO Aschberg Bursary for a year 1996 Uriot Prize, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam Select Bibliography Books Sheikh, Gulam m. (Ed.). Contemporary Art in Baroda . New Delhi: Tulika 1997. [Research & Documentation: Belinder Dhanoa. Contributors: A. Rajadhyaksha] (pp.219 & 225) Vadehra Art Gallery. Indian Contemporary Art Post-Independence. New Delhi: 1997. [Essays by Y. Dalmia, E. Datta, C. Sambrani, M. Jakimowicz-Karle & S. Datta.] (p.68) Sinha, Gayatri (Ed.)]. Indian Art: An Overview . New Delhi: Rupa & Co 2003. [Essays by Shivaji K. Panikkar and Prof. Jyoti Bhatt] (p.164) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Sakshi Gallery. Missing Mumbai 1988–99. Sakshi Gallery. Embarkations . Mumbai 1999. Sakshi Gallery. The Futility Of Device. Mumbai. The Guild. Engendering – Images Of Women . Mumbai 2001. (Ex. April–May) Apparao Galleries. Navarasaa . Chennai 2002. (p.50) Sakshi Gallery. Clicking into Place. Mumbai 2002. [Ex. 9–28 February.] Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L204) Sarjan Art Gallery. Reflection. Vadodara 2003. [Ex. 24–28 February] Newspaper & Magazine Articles Anjali Sircar. ‘Real and Palpable’ in The Hindu 14 March 1999, Chennai. Ashrafi S.Bhagat. ‘Melange of Styles’ in The Hindu 9 September 2002, Chennai. Monirupa Bhattacharya. ‘Painting the Real World’ in The Sunday Express 22 September 2002, Mumbai.