His early art education was at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay. He later he went on to train in fresco and mural techniques in Banasthali, Rajasthan. From 1962 to 1994 he was associated with the Weaver's Service Centre at the government of India's Ministry of Textiles. He retired as Director, Coordination and Design Exports for the Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology. The W.S.C's had artists working closely with weavers for the development of modern textile designs, and it was at the Centre that Vaghela interacted with artists including K.G. Subramanyan, Prabhakar Barwe and Ambadas.
Vaghela has illustrated several books including The Story of Dance: Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai and Another India: An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry with British painter Howard Hodgkin. In more than four decades as an artist and designer, he has exhibited all over India and overseas, including at the 1966 Biennale de Paris and the 1967 São Paulo Art Biennial.
gautam, vaghela, january, 1936, april, 2010, indian, artist, born, 1936, january, 1936died6, april, 2010, 2010, aged, alma, matersir, school, mumbaiknown, forpaintingawardspadma, shri, 1982, early, education, jamsetjee, jeejebhoy, school, bombay, later, went, . Gautam Vaghela 5 January 1936 6 April 2010 was an Indian artist Gautam VaghelaBorn 1936 01 05 5 January 1936Died6 April 2010 2010 04 06 aged 74 Alma materSir J J School of Art MumbaiKnown forpaintingAwardsPadma Shri 1982 His early art education was at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Bombay He later he went on to train in fresco and mural techniques in Banasthali Rajasthan From 1962 to 1994 he was associated with the Weaver s Service Centre at the government of India s Ministry of Textiles He retired as Director Coordination and Design Exports for the Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology The W S C s had artists working closely with weavers for the development of modern textile designs and it was at the Centre that Vaghela interacted with artists including K G Subramanyan Prabhakar Barwe and Ambadas Vaghela has illustrated several books including The Story of Dance Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai and Another India An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry with British painter Howard Hodgkin In more than four decades as an artist and designer he has exhibited all over India and overseas including at the 1966 Biennale de Paris and the 1967 Sao Paulo Art Biennial Awards edit1982 Padma Shri 1 1990 Maharashtra Gaurav PuraskarSelected illustrations editThe Story of Dance Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai 2003 ISBN 81 87981 51 2 Another India An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry 1990 ISBN 0 14 012428 4References edit Padma Shri Awardees Ministry of Home Affairs Retrieved 7 June 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gautam Vaghela amp oldid 1201430511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
