Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

264 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Education 1937 Joined St. Xaviers High School, Mumbai, India 1939 Expelled from St. Xaviers High School, Mumbai, India 1940 Joined Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1945 Expelled from the Sir. J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1949-55 Spent a good deal of time at the Central School of Art, London, U.K. Studied Drawing Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France 1952 Given grant to study in Paris, France 1960 Study Tour of Italy on an Italian Government Scholarship, on the recommendation of the British Council Select Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1945 Joined the Communist Party of India 1947 Founder member, Progressive Artists Group, Mumbai, India (of which first members were Ara, Bakre, Gade, Husain and Raza) 1950 Wrote autobiographical essays to buy paint and food, London, U.K. 1954 Wrote autobiographical essay about Goa, Nirvana of a Maggot, London, U.K. 1959 Published his autobiography Words and Lines, London, U.K. 1966 Drawings for book Inner Circle, Macmillan, London, U.K. Select Awards & Honours 1947 Awarded, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1950 Commissioned to paint a series of large murals for the Indian Students Bureau, West Cromwell Road, London, U.K., Later demolished to make way for the Great West Road. 1957 Portrait of an Indian Philosopher’ wins Prize in Junior Section, John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 1958 Guggenheim International Award 1962 Exhibits at the opening of the Commonwealth Institute, opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 1998 Kalidas Samman, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India Select Solo Exhibitions 1945 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1946 Silverfish Club, Mumbai, India 1948 Francis Newton: Exhibition of Paintings, Bombay Art Society Salon, Mumbai, India (23 - 30 November) 1949 Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1951 Indian Embassy, London, U.K. Retrospective Exhibition, Organised by Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, then High Commissioner, India House, London, U.K. 1954 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, U.K. Galerie R. Creuze, Paris, France 1955 Gallery One, London, U.K. 1956 Gallery One, London, U.K. 1957 Gallery One, London, U.K. 1959 Gallery One, London, U.K. Gallery St. Nikolaus, Stockholm, Sweden One - Man Show, Gallery Franck, Frankfurt, Germany 1960 One - Man Show, Das Institute fur Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany One - Man Show, Galerie Lambert, Paris, France Twenty-seven Paintings from Rome, Gallery One, London, U.K. 1961 Gallery One, London, U.K. 1962 Gallery One, London, U.K. Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 1963 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India Kumar Gallery, Kolkata, India Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 1964 The Human and the Divine Predicament : New Paintings by F. N. Souza, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, U.K. (31 March - 25 April) 1965 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 1966 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India Souza: Black Art & Other Paintings, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, U.K. (10 May - 04 June) 1967 Guggenheim Foundation, New York, U.S.A. 1968 London Arts Gallery, Detroit, U.S.A. 1975 New Paintings & Drawings, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Art 38, London, U.K. 1976 Art 38, London, U.K. New Paintings & Drawings by Francis Newton Souza, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 1983 Souza in the Forties: A Rare, Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings and Drawings, Introduction by Jag Mohan, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India 1984 F. N. Souza: paintings and drawings of the 1940s, inaugurated by Mr Shrikant Verma, Member of Parliament, at Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India (20 January - 04 February) 1985 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 1986 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India 1987 F. N. Souza: Retrospective, Organised by Art Heritage at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (28 January - 03 February) Exhibition of Paintings by F. N. Souza, in collaboration with The Gallery run by Sharan Apparao, Grindlays Art Gallery, Mount Road, Chennai, India (27 February - 05 March) 1988 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 1990 Centre for Contemporary Art, New Delhi, India 1992 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 1993 Souza 1940s-1990s, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi, India 1994 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India 1995 Chemical Paintings by F. N. Souza, Curated by Srimati Lal, L.T.G. Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (17 November - 09 December) 1996 Souza from the Alkazi Collection, Academy of Fine Arts & Literature, New Delhi, India Art Heritage, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India (01 - 30 November) Acrylic Paintings by F. N. Souza, L.T.G. Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (15 November - 08 December) 1997 Francis Newton Souza, Julian Hartnoll’s Gallery, London, U.K. (06 - 24 May) 1998 Nudes, Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India (16 - 28 July) Francis Newton Souza: Important Paintings from the Artist’s Private Collection, Bose Pacia Modern, New York, U.S.A. (19 September - 07 November) Francis Newton Souza: The Erotic Discipline, The Window, Mumbai, India (12 - 24 November) 1999 Francis Newton Souza:Chemical Ink, Oil, Acrylic, & Watercolour Artwork, Copeland Fine Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. Selected works from 1950-1999 by Francis Newton Souza, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India (18 - 30 October) 2000 Francis Newton Souza - Retrospective II: Selected works from 1945 - 2000, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India (09 - 21 October) Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 2000-01 The Demonic Line: An Exhibition of Drawings, 1940-1964 by Francis Newton Souza, Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (18 December - 13 January) 2001 Francis Newton Souza: Rare Works 1965-2001, Curated by Srimati Lal, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India (12 March - 02 April) Retrospective III, F.N. Souza, Important paintings from fifties and sixties, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 2002 Souza in Bombay & Goa, Art Musings Gallery, Mumbai, India 2003 A tribute to F. N. Souza 1924 - 2002, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (07 - 18 February) Francis Newton Souza: Works on Paper, Saffronart Gallery, Mumbai, India (30 October - 15 November) F.N. Souza: A Definitive Retrospective, Gallery Artsindia, New York, U.S.A. (01 November - 01 December) F. N. Souza 1924-2002