Akbar Padamsee made the last picture when he was admitted in ICU
His paintings can be seen till February 18 at Triveni Kala Sangam
Akbar Padamsee got the recognition of the painter of modern India
Amar Ujala Bureau
New Delhi.
An exhibition of the last days of Padma Bhushan Akbar Padamsee, a painter of modern India rich in experimentation and creative imagination, can be seen at Triveni Kala Sangam. An exhibition of 19 of his paintings has been organized here. Apart from this, two such paintings have also been put up, which he made during the last days of his life while admitted in the ICU.
Most of these paintings by Akbar Padamsee were created between 2013 and 2017. The exhibition can be viewed between 11 am and 8 pm till February 18. Born in 1928, Akbar Padamsee was a student of the JJ School of Art, Mumbai. During this, he formed the Progressive Artists’ Group in the Indian art scene. He had his first solo show at Jehangir Art Gallery. His second show was put on in 1960, in what is now known as his gray period. His work established him among the best artists of the country. Till the moment of his death on 6th January 2020, he continued to work breaking boundaries.
Over the years he worked with a variety of mediums ranging from oil painting, plastic emulsion, watercolour, sculpture, print making to computer graphics and photography. He worked as a filmmaker, sculptor, photographer, engraver and lithographer. He received the Rockefeller-Three Fund Fellowship from the US in 1965, the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1969–70, the Kalidas Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1997, the Lalit Kala Ratna Award in 2004, and the Padma Bhushan in 2010.