Akbar Padamsee

Akbar Padamsee
Born(1928-04-12)12 April 1928
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Died6 January 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 91)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materSir J.J. School of Art
OccupationPainter
ChildrenRaisa Padamsee
Websiteakbarpadamsee.net

Akbar Padamsee (12 April 1928 – 6 January 2020) was an Indian artist and painter, considered one of the pioneers in modern Indian painting along with S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza and M.F. Husain.[1] Over the years he also worked with various mediums from oil painting, plastic emulsion, water colour, sculpture, printmaking, to computer graphics, and photography. In addition, he worked as a film maker, sculptor, photographer, engraver, and lithographer.[2] Today his paintings are among the most valued by modern Indian artists. His painting Reclining Nude was sold for US$1,426,500 at Sotheby's in New York on 25 March 2011.[1][3]

He was awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship (Lalit Kala Ratna) by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Arts, in 2004,[4] the Kalidas Samman from the Madhya Pradesh Government in 1997 for Plastic Arts and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour in 2010.[5]

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  3. ^ "Art under arc light". Deccan Herald. 2011.
  4. ^ "Akbar Padamsee". artiana.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (2010)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2011.