Achievements edit

Won awards including Dolly Cursetji's competition in 1956 as a student. Won several prizes in the exhibition of the Bombay Art Society and State Art Exhibitions of Maharashtra.

Exhibitions edit

Gallery Oasis, Mumbai- 1969. Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore – 1985. Chetana Art Gallery, Mumbai- 1988. Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai- 1997.

Paintings in Collection edit

  • Nagpur Museum, Nagpur.
  • Government of Karnataka.
  • Larsen & Tubro.
  • Gadkari Rangaytan, Thane.
  • Dr. M.D Deshmukh.

Portrait Demonstrations edit

Nootan Kala Mandir, Mumbai- 1958. Raheja School Of Art, Bandra, Mumbai- 1959, 1977, 1982. Dept. of English, Mumbai University, 1971, 1973. Kala Niketan, Kolhapur- 1978. Dalvi's Institute of Art, Kolhapur- 1978. Dept. of Painting, Udaipur University, 1977. Rajasthan school of art, Jaipur- 1978. Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh. M.P – 1975, 1977, 1978. Chitrakala MAhavidyalaya, Nagpur- 1979. Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune- 1977, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 91. Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore – 1985.

Achievements as art critic. edit

  • Started writing Art-criticism, under the pen-name "Virupaksha" in tha "Mauj", a prestigious weekly in Marathi, Since, 1958.which was considered as the most unbias and illuminating.
  • He started writing by his own name since, 1961, in the "Satyakatha" and other periodicals in Marathi, Devoted Seriously to Literature and Art.

Literature edit

"Palasban" book of poems in Marathi, published by "Mouj". He has directed a play " Aarsa Bolto", in Marathi, the first one-act play by the Marathi Play Writer & poet Shri. C.T. Khanolkar, Where the dramatic talent of Shri. Amol Palekar, the then student of Sir. J.J School of Art, was discovered for the first time.

Achievements as a musician and musicologist edit

Known as a Harmonium soloist. He has written articles on music, discussing the musicological and aesthetic problems. He has also studied Musicology, especially the "Shruti" intervals or the micro-tonic intervals in Indian music.

References edit