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Biography |
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1925 |
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Born in Lahore |
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1940 |
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Imperial Service College, Windsor, England; Punjab University, Lahore Self taught artist |
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1962 - 1963 |
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Fellowship Rockefeller Council, New York |
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1963 - 1964 |
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American University, Washington D. C, Artist in Residence |
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Honours & Awards |
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1997 Kala Ratna, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society |
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1990 Padma Shri, Government of India |
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1962 Travel Fellowship by Council for Economic and Cultural Affairs, New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2004 |
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'An Airing' at Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo) |
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2003 |
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Exhibition of drawings, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai |
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2003 |
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Transition at UBS in London |
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2003 |
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'Of Memories, Dreams, Reverses', at Anant, New Delhi |
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2001 |
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'Living Legends of Indian Contemporary Art', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai |
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2001 |
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'In Conversations', curated by Gayatri Sinha at Gallery Espace, New Delhi |
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2001 |
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Indian Art Circle, Habitat Centre, New Delhi |
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2001 |
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Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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2001 |
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Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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'Mahabharat', Gallery 7, Mumbai |
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1998 |
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'The Probing Eye', an exhibition of photographs, Surendra Paul Art Gallery, New Delhi |
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1998 |
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'Drawings', Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai |
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1997 |
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'Tryst with Destiny', Art from Modern India 1947-1997, Singapore Art Museum, organized by CIMA Gallery, Calcutta |
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1997 |
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'Six Modern Masters', Kumar Gallery, New Delhi |
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1996 |
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Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings, Sothebys Auction, London |
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1996 |
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'A Tree in my Life', Village Gallery, New Delhi |
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1996 |
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'The Moderns', Inaugural Exhibition, NGMA, Mumbai |
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1996 |
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'The Mahabharata, The Card Player and The Scribe’, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi |
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1995 |
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'Indian Contemporary Paintings', Christie's Auction, London |
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1995 |
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Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (solo) |
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1995 |
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'Bombay', presented by RPG Enterprises |
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1995 |
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'River of Art', Inaugural Exhibition, Art Today |
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1994 |
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'Indian Drawing Today', AIFACS, organized by Gallery Espace |
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1994 |
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'The Solids', second Indian Drawing Biennale, exhibited as a special invitee |
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1994 |
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Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1993 |
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'Reflections & Images', Vadhera & Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai |
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1992 |
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'Masters of Indian Art', Hotel Intercontinental, Bombay |
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1991 |
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'Remembering Kali Pundole', Pundole |
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1991 |
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The Fifth Biennale, Havana Cuba |
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1991 |
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Gallery Espace, New Delhi (solo) |
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1991 |
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Birla Academy of Art, Calcutta, Anniversary Exhibition |
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1991 |
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'Addressing Gandhi', traveling exhibition by Sahmat |
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1989 |
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'Timeless Art', Exhibition and Auction |
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1989 |
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Sothebys in Bombay |
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1989 |
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'Artist's Alert', exhibition and auction by Sahmat, New Delhi |
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1989 |
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Solo Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Art, New Delhi |
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1988 |
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Festival of India, Japan |
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1988 |
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First International Biennale, Lahore, Pakistan |
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1987 |
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Festival of India, USSR |
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1987 |
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'Coups de Coeur', Geneva |
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1986 |
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Exhibition of drawings and paintings at Sarla Art Centre, Madras (solo) |
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1986 |
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Baghdad International Festival of Art |
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1985 |
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Ram Kumar & Krishen Khanna at Gallery 7, Bombay |
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1984 |
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Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 7 |
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1983 |
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Exhibition of drawings, Garhi Studio, New Delhi (solo) |
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1982 |
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International Triennale, New Delhi |
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1982 |
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'Modern Indian Painters' Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D. C. |
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1982 |
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'Contemporary Indian Art', Burlington House, London |
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1982 |
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'Myth and Reality', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK |
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1981 |
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Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal |
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1981 |
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'Indian Painting Today', Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay |
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1980 |
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Exhibition, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (solo) |
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1979 |
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Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1979 |
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'Modern Asian Art', Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan |
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1976 |
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25th Pugwash Conference, Madras |
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1976 |
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'Pictorial Space', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi |
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1976 |
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'Indian Painting 1977', Chandigarh, organized by Black Partridge Gallery |
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1975 |
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Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1975 |
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Third Triennale of Contemporary World Art, New Delhi |
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1974 |
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Black Partridge, New Delhi (solo) |
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1973 |
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Pundole Gallery, Mumbai (solo) |
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1972 |
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'Art Now', Kunika Chemould, New Delhi |
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1972 |
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'One World through Art', Ben and Abbey Grey Foundation, St. Paul, MN, USA |
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1971 |
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'Contemporary Indian Art', Renwick Gallery |
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1971 |
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Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. |
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1970 |
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'Art Now', Kunika Chemould, New Delhi |
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1970 |
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Expo '70, Indian Pavilion, Osaka, Japan |
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1969 |
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Solo Exhibition, photographs, Kunika Chemould, New Delhi (solo) |
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1969 |
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Solo Exhibition, experimental photographs, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai (solo) |
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1969 |
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'Contemporary Art, Dialogue between East and West', Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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1969 |
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'Indian Painters 69', Max Mueller Bhavan & Birla Academy, Calcutta |
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1968 |
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International Triennale, New Delhi |
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1968 |
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New Art Centre, London |
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1966 |
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Lincoln Center, New York |
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1966 |
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Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1965 |
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Egan Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1965 |
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Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi |
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1965 |
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'Ten Contemporary Painters from India' MIT, Cambridge; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton. |
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1964 |
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Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1964 |
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Watkins Art Gallery, American University, Washington D.C. (solo) |
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1964 |
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'Six Artists in Black and White', Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi |
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1963 |
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'Contemporary Painters from India', Gallery 63, New York |
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1963 |
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'Eight Contemporary Artists from India', Lever House, New York |
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1962 |
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Kunika Art Centre (solo) |
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1962 |
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Leicester Galleries, London (solo) |
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1962 |
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National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi |
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1962 |
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Venice Biennale, Indian participation |
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1961 |
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Tokyo Biennale |
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1961 |
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Ashoka Gallery, Calcutta (solo) |
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1961 |
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Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (solo) |
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1960 |
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Sao Paulo Biennale |
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1960 |
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Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1960 |
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Leicester Galleries, London (solo) |
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1959 |
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'Artists of Fame and of Promise', Leicester Galleries, London |
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1959 |
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'Trends in Contemporary Painting from India', Graham Gallery, New York |
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1959 |
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'Modern Indian Art', Cairo |
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1959 |
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'Contemporary Art from India' Essen, Dortmund, Zurich |
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1959 |
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Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1959 |
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Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 59, Bombay |
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1958 |
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Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (solo) |
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1957 |
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Tokyo Biennale |
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1957 |
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AIFACS, New Delhi (solo) |
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1956 |
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'Eight Painters', at Indian and Eastern Newspaper Society Bldg, New Delhi |
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1956 |
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'Eight Painters', at Indian and Eastern Newspaper Society Bldg, New Delhi |
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1955 |
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USIS, Madras (solo) |
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1954 |
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Joint exhibition with MF Husain at AIFACS, New Delhi |
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1952 - 1953 |
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Progressive Artists at Madras College of Art |
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1949 |
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Progressive Artist Group, Chetna Restaurant |
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1949 |
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Progressive Artist Group, Artists Aid Centre |
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1946 |
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Punjab Art Society, Annual Exhibition |
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