H A GADE


	15/08/1917 - 16/12/2001

Artist Profile

BEGINNINGS

He was born in Talegaon Dashasar, Maharashtra. ? 1947 He was one of the founder member of the Progressive Artists Group, Bombay. ? 1955,56 He was the member of Lalit Kala Akademy, Artists Delegation. ? 1958 Founder member of the Bombay Artists Group, Bombay.

EDUCATION

Completed his B.Sc., Nagpur University.
? 1939 Enrolled in Nagpur School of Art (Part-time).
? 1944-48 Taught at Spencer Training College, Jabalpur.
? 1949 Diploma, Fine Arts, Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur.
? 1950 Master Degree, Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur.
? 1958 Central Institute of Education, New Delhi.

EXHIBITIONS

1948 Inaugural Exhb., Progressive Artists Group, Bombay.
? 1948,49 Exhb., Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
? 1949 Salon de Mai, Paris and Stanford University, USA.
? 1949-55 Group Exhb. with Progressive Artists Group, Bombay.
? 1951, 56 Exhb. in Basle.
? 1954, 57 Exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Venice.
? 1955-56 Contemporary Indian Art, travelling exhb. to USSR, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.
? 1957 Exhb., Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi (Also in I994).
? 1958 Twenty Artist`s, New Delhi.
? 1998 The Moderns, Inaugural exhb., National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
? 2003 Manifestations, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
? 2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
? 2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
? Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
? Lalat Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
? Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.
? Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
? Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
? Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
? State Museum of Nagpur, Baroda and Hyderabad.
? International Art Galleries at Bangkok, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and Venice.
? Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

1956 Gold Medal, Annual exhb. of the Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
? Received several awards at Delhi, Calcutta, and Hyderabad.
? Received award in Maharashtra State Art Exhb.
? 1962 Received award, Saigon Biennale.

STYLE

One of the most gifted painters of modern Indian art. Colour is a significant component in his paintings. He has a commendable intuitive understanding of the pictorial dimensions of colour, and was often referred as a painters` painter.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1939-44 Teacher in Mathematics and Science. ? 1944-48 Served, Spencer Training College, Jabalpur. ? 1958 On the staff of Central Institute of Education.

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