S h raza biography of william hill
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‘Only he knew the magic of colour’: Krishen Khanna
The Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG) already existed when I came to Mumbai in I came to know its members FN Souza, Husain, KH Ara, SK Bakre, HA Gade and Raza better after SB Palsikar displayed a small canvas of mine, News of Gandhiji’s Death (), at the Bombay Art Society’s Diamond Jubilee Exhibition that year. He placed it right at the centre, surrounded by the works of celebrities — Souza, Husain, Gaitonde. Soon after, I got a call from Husain, suggesting we meet. He inducted me into the group the next year, and I opened his first bank account at Grindlays. Raza, by then, had received the French government scholarship to study at Paris’ École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Before he left, he exhibited in Mumbai the watercolours and gouache he had done in Kashmir. They had signs of what was to happen later.
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The jaadu (magic) of a painting lies in the feeling behind it and how that has been transferred on to paper/canvas. Raza had a strict trajectory which could be traced. I can’t think of any other Indian painter with such a wide colour philosophy — an entire lifetime is spent learning those spiritual
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Live at Centre Pompidou & Roseberys: Who is Raza?
Lot: Syed Haider Raza (), Bindu, Acrylic on canvas, x cm
Sayed Haider Raza (typically known just as S.H. Raza) was born in Kakkaiya in the Mandla district in He found a passion for drawing at age 12, going on to study at the Nagpur School of Art between and , the Sir J.J School of Art between and , and the Ecole Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts between and
He was won over by France and he settled in Paris, winning the Prix de la Critique three years after finishing his studies, becoming the first non-French recipient of the award, and was conferred with the Legion of Honour in The artist was based in Paris for 60 years and would make trips across the country on a regular basis to Brittany and Provence. A retrospective of Raza’s work opened in Paris’ Pompidou Centre on February 15th , running until May 15th. He married the French abstract artist Janine Mongillat in , and only returned to India in following her death in
Raza was a highly-awarded artist, having won several honours including the Padma Shri (), the Padma Bhushan (), and the Padma Vibhushan () – three of the four highest honours available to Indian civilians. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California during the s (where he was dee
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L'Orage | Picture Tempest
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