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Lot 9
Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)
Estimate : 5,00,000 - 7,00,000
Object Title:
Untitled (Man and Cow)
Year:
1992
Medium:
Felt Tip on Paper
Signature:
Signed and dated ‘Manjit 92’ in English (lower right)
Object Title :
Untitled (Man and Cow)
Dimension:
14.4 x 10.5 in. / 36.5 x 26.5 cm
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Born in 1941 in Dhuri, Punjab, Bawa graduated from the School of Art Delhi Polytechnic in 1963 and a diploma in silk screen painting from the Warden Institute of Essex, England, in 1967. In the late sixties, Bawa worked as a serigrapher in London and even taught painting at the Institute of Adult Education, England. In 1998, he started the organization Sama’a with Ina Puri to promote art and artists.

Bawa is known for his luminous colours and acrobatic human figures, demigods and animals. These flat depictions are offset by the use of chiaroscuro that gave his paintings a depth and dimensionality. After his return from England, Bawa did not want to continue his practice as a derivative painter of the English style, but adopted themes from Indian mythology and Sufism. His works depicted a break from the modern style prevalent in India, and his training as a serigraph artist led him to develop one of the most recognisable styles and idioms within Indian Modern art. Taking inspiration from Pahari paintings, his style was also influenced by his teachers who taught him at the Delhi Polytechnic, from B C Sanyal, Somnath Hore, Dhanraj Bhagat and Abani Sen.

He was a recipient of the 1st Bharat Bhawan Biennale in Bhopal in 1986, the All India Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Chandigarh, in 1981, the National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1980 and the Sailoz Mukherjee Prize, New Delhi in 1963.

Manjit Bawa passed away in December 2008

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