Prabhakar Barwe

Prabhakar Barwe
Born(1936-03-16)16 March 1936
Nagaon, Bombay Presidency
Died6 December 1995(1995-12-06) (aged 59)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Alma materSir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Known forPainting

Prabhakar Barwe (16 March 1936 – 6 December 1995) was a pioneer of Modern Indian painting. He was active in Mumbai, India from the 1959 until his death in 1995 (December 6). Influenced by the esoteric tradition of Tantric painting,[1] Barwe along with G. R. Santosh, P. T. Reddy, K.C.S. Paniker, Biren De, Om Prakash, K. V. Haridasan, Prafulla Mohanti and Mahirwan Mamtani was considered part of the modernist movement Neo-Tantra.[2]

He was awarded the Academy of Fine Arts Award in Kolkata in 1963, the Bombay Art Society Award in 1964 and 1968, the Maharashtra State Award and the prestigious Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1976.[3]

He died in Bombay on 6 December 1995.[4]

  1. ^ Thinking Tantra: Research Papers. Drawing Room (Gallery), and Peninsula Arts Gallery (Plymouth, England). 2016.
  2. ^ "A View Of India's Modern Tantric Art". LA Times. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Thinking artist". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ Neville Tuli (2006). "Prabhakar Barwe". Osian's Forty Masterpieces: The Masterpieces and Museum-Quality Series. Mapin Publishing Group. p. 178. ISBN 978-1890206833.