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

Education Had his primary and secondary education at the famous Rajaram High School, Kolhapur, India 1890-95 Studied under the tutelage of John Griffiths, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities Drawing tutorship at a local girls’ school, Kolhapur, India 1896 Teacher, Department of Drawing and Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1897 Illustrated Griffiths’ article in the Joumal of Indian Art 1910 Headmaster, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1914 Book illustrations for C.A. Kincaid’s Deccan Nuisely Tales 1918-31 Inspector of Drawing and Craft, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1919-35 Indian Director, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1921 Assigned to decorate pylons, erected in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales 1924 Book illustrations for Otto Rothfield’s Women of India 1934 Completed the paintings housed at Kusum Vilas Palace, Chota Udaipur, India The first Indian to design ethnographic postcards which were sent to Germany for printing Cartoonist of the Gujarati periodicals Aram and Bhoot Executed murals at the Law Room, Imperial Secretariat, New Delhi, India Select Awards and Honours 1891 Awarded, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1892 Awarded Gold Medal, Bombay At Society, Mumbai, India 1894 Awarded Mayo Medal, Lahore, Pakistan 1895 Awarded Gold Medal for his Paintings`Do You Come Laxmi?, Bombay Art Society ,Mumbai, India 1904 Awarded Gold Medal, The Bombay Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition, Mumbai, India 1905 Congress Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition, Kolhapur, India 1907 Gold Medal, Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, Pandharpur, India 1909 Nivedh, Madras Fine Arts, Chennai, India 1910 Bride’s Maids, Gold Medal, Art and Industrial Exhibition, Jalgaon, India 1914 Gold Medal, Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition, Gwalior, India 1922 Governor’s Prize, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1923 Wembley Exhibition, London, U. K. 1927 Received the title of ‘Rao Bahadur’ from the British Government 1940 Awarded by Shri Panth Pratinidhi of Aundh State 1952 President of India, appreciated his statue made by Bal Chowan, Exhibited at the Centenary Celebration of Rajaram High School, Kolhapur, India 1997 To commemorate Dhurandhar’s 53rd death anniversary, his daughter converted his home into a museum Select Solo Exhibitions 1994 Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 2004 Shrinagar, an exhibition of drawings and paintings by M.V. Dhurandhar, Presented by Apparao Galleries, at Satya Paul Store, Mumbai, India (12 - 18 October) David Sassoon Library and Reading Room, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, India (19 - 24 October) Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, India RAO BAHADUR M.V. Dhurandhar 1867-1944 Select Group Exhibitions 1904 Madras Fine Arts Exhbition, Chennai, India 1905 Congress Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition, Kolhapur, India 1907 Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, Pandharpur, India 1909 Madras Fine Arts Exhbition, Chennai, India 1919 Art and Industrial Exhbition, Jalgaon and Varanasi, India 1930 India House, London, U. K. 2002 A Historical Epic: India in the Making 1757-1950, Curated Exhibition-Auction by Neville Tuli, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, India (19 - 27 July) Art Today, New Delhi, India (01 - 08 August) 2003 Manifestations, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at World Trade Center, Mumbai; Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2004 Manifestations II, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2005 Manifestations III, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery, at Nehru Center, Mumbai; Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India 2007 An Historical Epic: India in the Making: Part III, From The Osian’s Archive Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India (13 - 25 August) 2010 Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2011 Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Drawings, Apparao Galleries, Chennai, India 1972 letter from Ambika Dhurandhar, d/o M.V. Dhurandhar Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts & Books | 75