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Manjit Bawa

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Manjit Bawa
  • Date of Birth:
    July 30, 1941
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Leo
  • Place of Birth:
    Dhuri, Punjab, India
  • Place of Death:
    Delhi
  • Date of Death:
    December 29, 2008
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Education:
    1958-63 Studied at the School of Art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi

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    Manjit Bawa
    • Was in coma for three years after suffering a stroke.
    • Passed away on 29th December 2008.
    • Lived and worked out of Dalhousie, India, where his studio is, and Delhi, where his family lives.
    • The painter has been surrounded by controversies in his life as an artist, the most recent one being accused of forgery by his assistant.
    • Has painted Krishna with a flute, surrounded by dogs and not by cows as mythological paintings depict him.
    • When young, he would travel widely either on foot, by bicycle or simply, by hitchhiking.
    • Had painted Ranjha, the cowherd from the tragic ballad Heer Ranjha and Lord Krishna with a flute surrounded by dogs and not cows as in mythological paintings.
    • Was one of the first painters to break out of the dominant grays and browns and opted for more traditionally Indian colors like pinks, reds and violet.
    • Between 1964 and 1971, Bawa worked as a silkscreen printer in Britain, where he also studied art.
    • Sen would ask me to do 50 sketches every day, only to reject most of them.

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