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

214 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III MANU PAREKH b. 5 November 1939, Sanjaya, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Education 1951 Studied under Mukund Shroff, Ahmedabad. 1958-62 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay Teaching & Infrastructure–building Activities Started as a stage actor in Bombay and designed stage-sets in Ahmedabad 1963-5 Art Designer, Weavers’ Service Centre, Bombay 1965-74 Design Consultant for the Handicraft & Handloom Export Corporation of India, New Delhi 1966 Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta 1976 Visited Paris, Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam and Frankfurt as a Design Consultant 1980 Leader of the Indian delegation at the Exhibition of Indian Handicrafts, Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1987 Commissioner, Exhibition of Madhubani Painting, Italy and Denmark Commissioner, Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Painting, Festival of India, Stockholm 1993 Member, General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1997-8 Member, Advisory Committee, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 1999 Member of Jury, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Member, Garhi Working Committee, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Solo Exhibitions 1967 Graphics & Paintings, Everest Gallery, Calcutta 1968 Graphics & Paintings, Ahmedabad 1970 Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1974 Paintings, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta. BABURAO PAINTER b. 3 June 1890, Karvirnagar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra d. 16 January 1954 Education Self-taught sculptor, painter and filmmaker Teaching & Infrastructure–building Activities 1910-16 Worked as stage backdrop painter, particularly for Sangeet Natak troupes and Parsee Gujarati Theatre. He changed the concept of set designing from painted curtains to solid multi-dimensional lived-in spaces. 1919-32 Set up Maharashtra Film Company at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, along with V.G. Damle (who later left, along with S. Fatelal and V. Shantaram to set up the Prabhat Film Company) and remained head of studio till its closure 1921-2 Introduction of film programme booklets, complete with details of the film and photographs 1923 Success of ‘Sinhagad’ attracted the Revenue Department’s attention and they brought in the Entertainment Tax; artificial lighting also introduced 1932-8 Ran Shalini Cinetone Re-released his film ‘Prem Sangam’ with a Marathi soundtrack as his first film with sound Filmography In his film career he trained under and assisted Dada Saheb Phalke 1918 ‘Seeta Swayamvar’ 1919 ‘Congress Session in Bombay’ (Documentary) 1920 ‘Sairandhri’, attracted the attention of the then censor board for its graphic depiction of the slaying of Keechak by Bhima. The scene was eventually deleted but the film won both critical and commercial acclaim. 1921 ‘Surekha Haran’ 1922 ‘Bhagwata Bhakta Damaji’ 1923 ‘Markandeya’, ‘Sinhagad’, ‘Shri Krishna Avatar’ 1924 ‘Sati Padmini’, ‘Kalyan Khajina’ 1925 ‘Shahala Shah’, ‘Rana Hamir’, ‘Maya Bazaar’, ‘Savkari Pash’ 1926 ‘Gaja Gauri’ ‘Bhakta Prahlad’ 1927 ‘Muraliwala’ ‘Sati Savitri’ 1929 ‘Baji Prabhu Deshpande’ 1930 ‘Lanka’ 1932 ‘Prem Sangam’ 1935 ‘Usha’ 1936 ‘Savkari Pash’ (Re-made with sound) 1937 ‘Pratibha’ ‘Sadhvi Meerabai’ 1946 ‘Rukmini Swayamvar’ 1947 ‘Lokshahir Ramjoshi’ 1952 ‘Vishwamitra’ 1953 ‘Mahajan’ Awards & Honours Medal for his films ‘Sinhagad’ and ‘Kalyan Khajina’ at Wembley Exhibition, London Select Bibliography Books Bagal, Madhavrao . The Artist Of Kolhapur. Kolhapur: Moreshwar Hari Bhatavdekar 1963. (Marathi) Mitter, Partha. Art & Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994. (p.179) Khanderao Bagal, Madhavrao. Art And The Artist. Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Art Society. (Marathi) Garga, B.D. So Many Cinemas: The Motion Picture in India . Mumbai: Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd 1996. Yves, Thoraval. The Cinemas of India . New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd. 2000. Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Osian’s/Tuli . A Historical Mela: The ABC of India . Mumbai 2002. (L28) Newspaper & Magazine Articles C.D. Joshi. Kalamaharishi Baburao Painter in Tarun Bharat 3 June 1990, Kolhapur.