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

191 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 and Mr. Valadimir Polunin) Studied at Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris Part-time student, St. Martin School of Art, London 1955 Studied with Helmut Ruhemann, the Ex. Chief Restorer at the National Gallery, London Select 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) Select Awards and Honours 1939 Sir William Orpen Bursery Award, Slade, London 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 Felicitated by Gujrat Lalit Kala Akademi 1987 Valsad Jilla Chitrashirsak Sangh and Navsari Nagarpallika 1990 Artist of the Year, Maharashtra State Government Select Collections ❖ American Express International Banking Corporation ❖ Baroda Museum, Vadodara ❖ Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay ❖ Braganza Institute, Goa ❖ Budapest Museum, Budapest (Hungary) ❖ Godrej Boyce & Co., Mumbai ❖ Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art and Culture, Srinagar ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ Nagpur Museum, Nagpur ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Northcote Nursing Home, Mumbai ❖ Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai ❖ Tata Services, Mumbai ❖ Victoria and Albert Museum, London (U.K.) ❖ Wipro Ltd., Mumbai SHIAVAX CHAVDA b. 1914 Navsari, Gujrat d. 1990 Bombay, Maharashtra Education 1993 BFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda 1995 MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda Select Solo Exhibitions 1997 Beyond Visions, Mumbai Portraying The Familiar, Triveni, New Delhi 1998 Considering The Forgotten, Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodara. 2000 Veneered Images, Prithvi Gallery, Mumbai (16 January 6 February) 2001 Falling Up, The Guild art gallery, Mumbai (3 November – 2 December) 2005 Palimpsest – A Journey Through Time, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (October) 2006 Simmer, Bagash Art Gallery, Dubai in association with Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai 2006 But are we ready to Alter? Recent work by Arunanshu Chowdhury,Lanxess ABS Gallery, Baroda (22– 31 December 2006) Select Awards and Honours 1995 The Elizabeth Green Shields, Foundation Grant, Canada Ravi Jain Foundation Award, New Delhi Select Collections ❖ ABN – Ambro Bank, Mumbai ❖ Essar Steel, Mumbai ❖ ITC Group, Kolkata ❖ L & T, Mumbai ❖ Light Publications ❖ Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi ❖ RPG, Mumbai ❖ Rubamin Exports ❖ Saffronart.com, Mumbai ❖ Sun Pharmaceutical ❖ Synergie Industries, Mumbai ARUNANSHU CHOWDHURY b. 1969 Hoogli, West Bengal