• Book: Design
    Title of Article/Essay: Ten Years of Art in Delhi
    Author: R.L. Bartholomew
    Editor: Patwant Singh
    Date, Year: Jul 1959
    Reference Type: Periodical Article
    Language: English
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 7
    Pages: 87-91
    Publisher: Ionic
    Place Published: Bombay
    Country Published: India
    Descriptive Tags: Decade, Partition, Metaphysics, Delhi Silpi Chakra, Pastoral, Byzantine, Landscape, Avant-Garde, Pedagogy, Delhi Polytechnic, Art Market, Art Criticism, Art Exhibition, Patronage, Mural, AIFACS
    Artist/s Mentioned: Sailoz Mookerjea, Biren De, B.C. Sanyal, Jaya Appasamy, K.S. Kulkarni, Dinkar Kowshik, Amrita Sher-Gil, Dhanraj Bhagat, Ram Kumar, Kanwal Krishna, Satish Gujral, Nicholas Roerich, George Keyt, M.F. Husain
    Remarks: The article mentions three important exhibitions that affected Delhi based artists in the 1950s: the Nicholas Roerich exhibition which according to Bartholomew brought in the Byzantine era, the George Keyt exhibition in 1953 which 'reinforced fundamental Indian values' and the Husain exhibition which brought to Delhi the Indian avant-garde from Bombay. The author also mentions the Eight Painters Exhibition of 1956.
    Where we found it: Library: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
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