Ratan Parimoo Profile   |    Summary "The Romanticists' explanation of creativity convinced me so that the painterly skills seemed to me to be more in the realm of technique as in the case of craftsman and the creativity implied what a painter could be beyond this. That is why how a poet or literary person sees the world around him, gets involved with experiences of life and how they effect his emotions, are according to me the sort of situations that a ‘feeling person’... Read More "The Romanticists' explanation of creativity convinced me so that the painterly skills seemed to me to be more in the realm of technique as in the case of craftsman and the creativity implied what a painter could be beyond this. That is why how a poet or literary person sees the world around him, gets involved with experiences of life and how they effect his emotions, are according to me the sort of situations that a ‘feeling person’ encounters, contributing to the making of the creatively endowed artist." Ratan Parimoo believes that the artist lives in an imaginative world induced by such experiences and feelings. His paintings represent his urge to express the world as he experiences it. Parimoo having taught Art history and Aesthetics at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University Baroda is very lucid about the concept of creativity and aesthetics. One encounters his conceptions clearly in his paintings. His style or genre can’t be stifles into a bracket but he moves effortlessly from one form of expression to another. Parimoo lives and works in Baroda. Read Less Born 1936   Srinagr, Kashmir Education 1955 B.A. (Fine) Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. 1957 M.A. (Fine) Creative Painting, Post Graduate, Diploma in Museology, M.S. University, Baroda. 1963 B.A. Hons, History of Art, London University. 1972 Ph.D. in Art history, M.S. University, Baroda. Positions held 1959 Lecturer in Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. 1966 Reader and Head, Department of Art History and Aesthetics. 1966-1978 Professor in Art History and Aesthetics. 1975 -1981 Served as Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. Exhibitions Solo Exhibition 1958 First one-man show, Srinagar. 1972... Solo Exhibition 1958 First one-man show, Srinagar. 1972 Retrospective Exhibition at Rabindra Bhavan, Delhi. 1973 & 1975 One-man show, Mumbai. 1976 One-man show, Delhi. 1979 One-man show, Ahmedabad 1999 Retrospective Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. 1999 Retrospective Exhibition Part II at Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai. 2000 Retrospective Exhibitions, Ahmedabad, Baroda Participated Exhibitions 1955 onwards National Exhibitions of Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. 1956,57, 58,59 Baroda Group of Artists Exhibitions in Bombay. 1962 South Asian Artists, Durham, U.K. 1964,1965 & 1975 Joint shows with Naina Dalal at Mumbai, Delhi and I.P.C.L., Baroda. 1975,1976 Alumni Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Silver Jubilee, Mumbai, Baroda. 1990 Organised and exhibited with eight Baroda artists, CMC Ltd., New Delhi 1991-92 Artists Against Communalism, Delhi. 1992 Birla Academy of Art, Calcutta, Silver Jubilee Exhibition, West Zone. 1995 Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal. 1995 Tribute to Husain on 80th Birthday, Aurodhan Gallery, New Delhi. 1996 Contemporary Indian Painting, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai. 1997 Major Trends in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. 1997 Participated in Artist’s Camps : 1996 Pavagarh, 1976, Srinagar, Kashmir. Honours and Awards 1957-59 Cultural Scholarship for Painting, Govt. of India. 1960-63... 1957-59 Cultural Scholarship for Painting, Govt. of India. 1960-63 Commonwealth Scholarship to study in London. 1966 First prize in Painting, Annual Exhibition, J & K. Cultural Academy. 1974 Rockefeller 3rd Grant to study and travel in USA. 1991-1993 Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship. Publications Has extensively written and published many articles and books on classical Indian and Modern Indian art as well as films aiming at evolving a new direction in art historical studies, including : 1972 Paintings of the Three Tagores, Abanindranath, Gaganendranath, Rabindranath. 1975 Studies in Modern Indian Art. 1982 Life of Buddha in Indian Sculpture. 1983 Sculpture of Sesasayi Vishnu. 1988 Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore. 1995 The Pictorial World of Gaganendranath Tagore. 1999 Studies in India Sculpture : Essays in New Art History. Edited Several Seminar Papers including on Ellora Caves, Art of Ajanta, and Creative Arts in Modern India. Read More Read Less Read Less
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