Shanti Dave
{{Short description|Indian artist (born 1931)}}
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| birth_place = Badpura, Gujarat, India
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| occupation = Painter
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| known for = Murals and paintings
| movement = Baroda Group{{cite web |title=His name is listed as Baroda Group of Artists' fifth annual exhibition of paintings by |url=https://aaa.org.hk/en/collection/search/archive/ratan-parimoo-archive-baroda-group-of-artists-fifth-annual-exhibition-of-paintings-1961-1962/object/notes-regarding-baroda-group-of-artists-fifth-annual-exhibition-of-paintings-28711 |publisher=Asia Art Archive}}
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| awards = Padma Shri
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Shanti Dave (born 25 September 1931) is an Indian painter and sculptor,{{cite web | url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/47615-shanti-dave | title=Blouinartinfo | publisher=Blouinartinfo | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/shanti-dave-the-snake-charmer-5746520-details.aspx | title=Christie's profile | publisher=Christie's The Art People | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}} considered by many as one of the major Indian artists of the twentieth century.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SIs5qkjljpQC&q=Shanti+Dave&pg=PA27 | title=Trends in Modern Indian Art | publisher=M.D. Publications | author=Sunil Kumar Bhattacharya | year=1994 | pages=84 | isbn=9788185880211}} He is a former member of the Lalit Kala Akademi and the Sahitya Kala Parishad.{{cite web | url=http://www.galeriefhessler.lu/artiste.html?ref=477 | title=F Hessler Art Collection | publisher=F Hessler Art Collection | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1985.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=18 June 2015}}
Biography
Dave was born on 25 September 1931 at the northern Gujarat village of Badpura as one of the four children of a rural family of modest means.{{cite web | url=http://www.saffronart.com/artists/shanti-dave | title=Saffron Art | publisher=Saffron Art | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}} He did his education from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1951 from where he completed his graduate and post graduate studies in Faculty of Fine Arts. He started his career as a commercial artist doing banners and sign boards but slowly made his mark as a painter, which earned him several notable assignments such as at the VIP Lounges of JFK Airport (New York) and at the Air India booking offices in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Sydney, and Perth.Gargi Gupta, "Distress sale?", Business Standard, [https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/distress-sale-112090800023_1.html January 24, 2013] The mural at the airport was published by the New York Times on its front page on 5 February 1964 under the title, Little Gujarat.
Dave's works are abstract and use encaustic and wax with oil paint techniques together with calligraphy. He has done several murals of large proportions which incorporate wood block painting, stone carving and weaving. He did his first solo exhibition in 1957 followed by several others in many parts of the world and has participated in many group exhibitions at places such as Philippines, Switzerland, London, Japan, France, East Europe and the Middle East. His creations are on display at art galleries like the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and many public places{{cite web | url=http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Shanti-Dave/955F41BC5D910BAE | title=Mutual Art | publisher=Mutual Art | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}} and his paintings have been sold at notable auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's and Bonhams.{{cite web | url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20903/lot/127/ | title=Bonhams | publisher=Bonhams | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}}
Dave is a former member of the Sahitya Kala Parishad and has served as a member of the executive board of the Lalit Kala Akademi.
Awards and recognition
Dave has won the Lalit Kala Akademi three years consecutively from 1956 to 1958. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1985.
See also
- Encaustic painting
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References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.mintangle.com/artist/shanti-dave.html | title=Paintings on Mint Angle | publisher=Mint Angle | work=Web display | date=2015 | access-date=20 July 2015}}
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