Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | January 2008

253 Select Biographies Laxman Pai b. 21 January 1926 Margao, Gao Rm Palaniappan b. 3 June1957 Devakottai, Tamil Nadu Education 1943-47 Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay Select Solo Exhibitions 1950 BAS, Bombay 1952 Galerie Beaux- Arts, London 1953 AIFACS, New Delhi 1953 Galerie W. Gurlitt, Munich 1954 Galerie R. Duncan, Paris 1955 Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris 1978 Margoa, Goa 1989,2001,03 LKA, New Delhi 1995,2005 Dhoomimal, New Delhi Awards and Honours 1947 Mayo Medal 1961,63 National Award, LKA, New Delhi 1972 National Award, New Delhi 1985 Padma Shri, Govt. of India 1987 Honored by Govt. of Goa 1995 Nehru Award, Goa Select Collection Ben and Abbey Grey Foundation, USA I Berlin Museum, Germany I Madras Museum I Museum of Modern Art, Paris I Nagpur Museum I National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi I New York Library I New York Public Library I Punjab University Museum I Education 1980 Diploma in Painting, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras 1980 Post-Diploma in Industrial Design, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras Select Solo Exhibitions 1979,96 Tamil Nadu LKA, Madras; Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts, Oxford, UK 1984,90,95 Art Heritage, New Delhi 1987 JAG, Bombay 1987 Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, Holland 1988 Sakshi Gallery, Madras 1991 Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1992 Gallerie Den Haag, Den Haag, The Netherlands 1993 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 1993 Triangle Gallery, Dayton, India Foundation, Union Art Gallery, Kansas Manhattan and Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA 2001 Apparao Galleries at Chennai Mumbai and New Delhi 2001 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore 2006,07 Apparao Gallery, Mumbai, Chennai Select Awards and Honours 1983 Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad 1985 AIFACS, New Delhi 1986 National Academy Award, New Delhi 1986 LKA, New Delhi 1987 3rd International Prints Biennale, Taipei 1989 International Prints Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal 1990 USIA International Visitorship programme awarded by USIA 1993 Fulbright Travel Grant to go to the United States for Teaching and Professional Assignments at Art Academy of Cincinnati, Tamarind Institute & University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Kansas State University, Manhattan-Kansas, Mark Patsfal Graphics, Cincinnati; Indiana University, Bloomington 1994-98,90-92 Advisory Member, Roopankar, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal 1999 Goethe-Institute, Munich Visitor Ship Programme, Appointment with Curators and Directors of Museums at Eleven Major Cities in Germany 2003 Visitorship Programme Invitation by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of Australia Select Collections Air India, Mumbai I Apparao Gallery, Chennai I Art Academy of Cincinnati, USA I Art Heritge, New Delhi I Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal I British Museum, London I Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology, Hyderbad I CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata I Cincinnati Art Museum, USA I College of Art, New Delhi I Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi I Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi I Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore I Government Musuem, Chennai I Kansas State University, Kansas I L.V. Prasad Eye Research Institute, Hyderbad I LKA, New Delhi I Mark Patsfall Graphic, Cincinnati, USA I Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India I NGMA, New Delhi I Oxford University, Oxford I Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts I St. Edmand Hall, Oxford University, Oxford I Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan I Tamarind Institute, USA I United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C.I University of Hawai, Hilo I Victoria and Albert Museum, London I XAL Praxix Foundation, Mumbai I