evolved a new experience. But if I look back I find I have carried all the elements forward." Born in 1922 in Mumbai Jehangir Sabavala studied ...ingrained classical influence Jehangir Sabavala creates almost geometric wedges out of paint which he puts together to form vast tranquil scenes.

Exhibitions 2008 'Ricorso' Sakshi Gallery Mumbai 2005-06 ‘Jehangir Sabavala A Retrospective’ National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai and Delhi organized by Sakshi Gallery 2002 ‘Occasions of Light Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala’ organized by Sakshi Gallery Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai

with the work of masters like Jehangir Sabavala to represent India at the 2003 International Biennale hosted in Tehran by the Iran Academy of Art.

Ram Kumar like many of his confreres among the first generation of post-colonial Indian artists - including such figures as F N Souza M F Husain Paritosh Sen Jehangir Sabavala Krishen Khanna S H Raza and Akbar Padamsee - combined an internationalist desire with the need to belong emphatically

Jehangir Sabavala's angular almost deconstructionist planes of colors tempered in an Impressionist rendering emphasize the harmony of forms ...that are unpredictable.' (Ranjit Hoskote Pilgrim Exile Sorcerer The painterly evolution of Jehangir Sabavala Mumbai 1988 p.79

Since his first solo show at the Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay in 1951 Jehangir Sabavala`s career as an artist has evolved and flourished. Today with more ...and marked against the pervasive darkness of our times” (The Crucible of Painting The Art of Jehangir Sabavala Eminence Designs 2005 p. 168)

the serenity of this relic of fire with the explosive violence that gave it birth. (Ranjit Hoskote `Occasions of Light Recent paintings by Jehangir Sabavala`

and forth between landscapes and figurative paintings in the last four years." (Jehangir Sabavala on the painting

The painting `Jugs in Consonance` is part of a series by the same name that Jehangir Sabavala painted in 1959. The series was inspired by a `kumbharwada` (colony of potters) in Mumbai. Says Sabavala "I would consider this particular painting a milestone simply because of its fine composition.

of protrusions and recesses their gaze fixed on another order of being." (p. 7 Ranjit Hoskote Occasions of Light Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala ... In Sabavala's canvases form and content are often perfectly interwoven. With their covered heads and enigmatically obscured faces the female

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AND FEATURES An exhibition of paintings by Jehangir Sabavala Mumbai—based Sakshi Gallery presents 'Ricorso', an exhibition of paintings by senior artist Jehangir Sabavala. These are the works done over the last couple of years with peculiar themes like

AND FEATURES "Occasions of Light" - Jehangir Sabavala "Occasions of Light" : Jehangir Sabavala src="files/pics/j_sabavala1_big.jpg" align="left" hspace=5>Jehangir Sabavala's exhibition, 'Occasions of Light', right now

AND FEATURES Jehangir Sabavala's retrospective Jehangir Sabavala, 83, has almost attained an iconic status ... A painter, classicist by sensibility and contemplative by temperament, Jehangir Sabavala has enjoyed his ceaseless journey of artistic

AND FEATURES Getting in a flashback mode Krishen Khanna and Jehangir Sabavala, two doyens ...to India. "Of course, I will," was Souza's immediate response, "to recharge my batteries!" Along side Jehangir Sabavala too went into the flashback

are by prominent artists like MF Hussain, SH Raza and Jehangir Sabavala. Over 500 bidders sitting at computer terminals across the world are expected to bid

that a Husain has sold for in an auction so far. This time Husain had company'four other artists also sold for record prices. Jehangir Sabavala's misty

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