SHAIVAX CHAVDA

BEGINNINGS

Born in Navrari, Gujarat. He was the first Indian artist to introduce Modern Stage Dcor in England and was a colleague of Leon Bakst and Picasso. He was the Chief Restorer of National Gallery, London. 1990 Died in Bombay.

EDUCATION

• 1930-35 Diploma in Fine Arts, J.J. School of Art, Mumbai.
• 1935-38 Diploma in Fine Arts, Slade School of Fine Arts, London.
• 1936-39 Part time student, St. Martins School of Art, London.
• 1937 Studied in the Academie de La Grande Chaumiere, Paris.
• 1955 Student with Mr. Helmut Ruhemann.

EXHIBITIONS

• 1942-90 Exhb. in Bombay.
• 1945 Group exhb., Burlington House Art Gallery, London.
• 1946 UNESCO International Exhb., Paris.
• 1949, 67, 85 Exhb. in Ahmedabad.
• 1951 Exhb. in Djakarta.
• 1951 Exhb., Salon de Mai, Paris.
• 1952 Exhb. in Singapore.
• 1955 Exhb. in London and Paris.
• 1956 Exhb. in Zurich and New York.
• 1960 Contemporary Art from India, Folkwang Museum, Essen.
• 1987 Indian Drawing Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.
• 1996 Contemporary Indian Painters 1996, curated by Baburao Sadvelkar, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

COLLECTION

• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
• Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
• Baroda Museum, Baroda.

AWARDS

• 1956 Elected as one of the nine eminent artists of India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1939 Sir William Orpen Bursery Award, Slade.
• 1985 Abhivadan Trust Award, Bombay.
• 1986 Elected as fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1986 Felicitated, State Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat.
• 1987 Valsad Jilla Chitrashirsak Sangh and Navsari Nagarpallika, Bombay.
• 1990 Artist of the year, Maharashtra State Govt., Bombay.

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