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Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924 – 10 August 2001), also known as V. S. Gaitonde, was regarded as one of India's foremost abstract painters. He received the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1971.
Aug 10, 2001 · Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde, born on 1924 in Nagpur, Maharashtra to Goan parents, was regarded as one of India’s foremost abstract painters. He was an artist of singular stature and was known to fellow artists and intellectuals as well as to later generations of students and admirers, as a man of uncompromising integrity of spirit and ...
May 6, 2024 · V.S. Gaitonde (born 1924, Nagpur, Maharashtra [India]—died August 10, 2001, Gurgaon [now Gurugram], Haryana, India) was one of India’s most prominent abstract artists. Gaitonde graduated from the J.J. School of Art, Bombay (Mumbai), in 1948.
Dec 22, 2015 · Although he was born into a working-class family in Nagpur, western India in 1924, Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (known as V. S.) succeeded in winning a place at the J.J. School of Art in Bombay.
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One of India’s most influential modernists, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde was at the forefront of the abstract painting movement in his native country; his work has drawn international acclaim since his death in 2001.
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde is regarded as one of India’s most important modern abstract painters. Although he was not an official member of the Progressive Artists' Group (PAG), Gaitonde was part of a movement of artistic reinvention that followed Independence.
Beginning his artistic career at the Sir J. J. School of Art in 1943, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde mastered the relationship between linear form, light and color in a deceptively simple, yet highly sophisticated manner.
