455 D.G. (Dizi) Kulkarni,1921-1992, ‘Indian Dolls’, gouache on paper, signed to bottom right, inscribed to reverse in blue ink, “D.G. Kulkarni. Title Indian Dolls. Address: Artist Aid Fund Centre. 6 Rampart row. Fort Bombay,” and in pencil “157”, unframed, 26 x 29.5cm


Private collection formed in India between 1952-54.


Acquired from the above by a private collector in London in 1958.


Dizi was born in Shedbal village, Karnataka in 1921 to a family of impoverished landowners. A teacher in the village school recognized his potential and invited him to share his library. Dizi came to Mumbai in 1939 and began his studies in drawing and painting at the Sir J. J. School of Art. As he absorbed the cadence of life in the city, he was engulfed by the surging tide of nationalism and participated in the Quit India movement in 1942. His patriotic fervour earned him a prison sentence, serious injuries and a lifelong limp. On his release, he returned to his studies and completed his diploma. Poverty did not concern him; his wealth was in the hours spent painting and with kindred spirits K. H. Ara, V. S. Gaitonde, M. F. Husain, S. B. Palsikar, S. H. Raza and F. N. Souza.


“I don’t follow any school... consciously reject mannerisms, and I take almost all the pictorial values from Indian masters and Western artists.” - Dizi, 1959


Awards


1956 Bombay State Award, Mumbai 1967 Lalit Kala Akademi Award, New Delhi 1972 Maharashtra State Award, Mumbai 1990 Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar, Mumbai


Exhibitions


1946 Group Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai


1948 1950 Solo Exhibition, Mumbai 1958 Group Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai


1959 1961 Solo Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai


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1963 Solo Exhibition, Clown Series, Roopa Art Gallery, Mumbai 1964 AIFACS, New Delhi 1965 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai 1966 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991 Solo Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai


Retrospective Exhibitions


1993 Memorial Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai


2000 Millennium Show ‘A century of Art from Maharashtra’, Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2001 Nehru Centre Pays Tribute to D. G. Kulkarni (DIZI) ‘The Indian Master Painter, Sculptor & Cartoonist’, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai Works in Notable Institutions and Collections National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, New York Dizi Kulkarni Foundation £500-700*


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