| Name(s) |
JEHANGIR SABAVALA |
| Date of
Birth |
August 23, 1922 |
| Date of
Death |
September 02, 2011 |
|
Identity |
Indian painter |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He did not allow
archives of his 12
scrapbooks on materials from the
early 1940s to the 2000 online.
- Arun Khopkar's film on
Sabavala's life and art,
Colours of Absence, won the
National Award in 1994.
- In 2010, another film about his
life was made, The
Inheritance of Light: Jehangir
Sabavala.
- His last solo exhibition, 'Ricorso',
was held at the Sakshi Gallery,
Mumbai, in 2008.
- In 2010, one of his serene
landscapes called Casuarina
Line fetched Rs 17
million at a Saffronart
auction.
- One of his paintings titled
Vespers 1, was sold
for £253,650 (Rs. 21 million)
at a Bonhams sale in London.
|
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Awards and Accolades |
- Padma Shri by
the Government of India - 1977
- Lalit Kala Ratna,
the Fellowship of Lalit Kala
Akademi, India's National Academy of
Arts, by the President of India -
2007
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