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Six Indian Painters catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1964
Year published: 1964
Unpaginated.

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In 1963, a number of recently arrived artists from India came together to form the Indian Painters Collective. This was however, a relatively short-lived venture. One of the ventures of the Indian Painters Collective was an exhibition, Six Indian Painters, held at the Tagore India Centre, India House, London, in 1964 (Six Indian Painters, Gajanan D. Bhagwat, Balraj K. Khanna, Yashwant Mali, S. V. Rama Rao, Lancelot Ribeiro, and Ibrahim Wagh, Tagore India Centre, London, 9 - 28 November 1964).

The exhibition catalogue was introduced as follows,

“The artists exhibited here are also the founder members of “The Indian Painters Collective”. The group consists of Indian artists living and working in London. It has been formed with the intention of holding frequent exhibitions under their own auspices and also to participate in other exhibitions here and on the continent. Their work represents a cross section of Indian painting today. The young and talented members of this group have won a good deal of acclaim in India and some are also known abroad.”

Contents as follows:

Inside catalogue cover: above introduction, plus introduction to The Tagoe India Centre, opening details, etc (Included here was a reference to the exhibition being opened by Jennie Lee [later Baroness Lee of Asheridge. In 1964 she was appointed Minister for the Arts in the Harold Wilson Labour government of 1964.]

A reproduction of a piece by each artist and edited biographical details (one artist per page, in alphabetical order)

Six pages of adverts, Air India, Government of India Tourist Office, India Tea Centre, Oxford Street, etc.

Related people + view all 6

»  Gajanan D. Bhagwat

Born, 1936 in India

»  Balraj Khanna

Born, 1938 - 1942 (probably 1940) in Punjab, India

»  Yeshwant Mali

Born, 1934 in Bombay, India

»  S. V. Rama Rao

Born, 1936

»  Lancelot Ribeiro

Born, 1933 in Bombay, India. Died, 2010

Related exhibitions

Related venues

»  Tagore India Centre, India House, London

London, United Kingdom