19 Facts About Gieve Patel

Gieve Patel was an Indian poet, playwright, painter, as well as a physician.

Gieve Patel belonged to a group of writers who had subscribed themselves to the Green Movement which was involved in an effort to protect the environment.

Gieve Patel's poems speak of deep concerns for nature and expose man's cruelty to it.

Gieve Patel wrote three plays, titled Princes, Savaksa and Mr Behram.

Gieve Patel resided in Mumbai and was fully engaged in the art field.

Gieve Patel died from cancer in Pune, on 3 November 2023, at the age of 83.

Gieve Patel was born on 18 August 1940 in Bombay.

Gieve Patel's father was a dentist and his mother was the daughter of a doctor.

Gieve Patel was educated at St Xavier's High School and Grant Medical College, Mumbai.

Gieve Patel then continued his work as a general practitioner in Mumbai until his retirement in 2005.

Gieve Patel conducted poetry workshops in Rishi Valley School for more than a decade, and edited a collection of poetry published in 2006.

Gieve Patel's poetry is included in Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry.

Gieve Patel was featured in the poetry anthology The Golden Treasure of Writers Workshop Poetry on a killing tree ed.

Gieve Patel's paintings received public attention when he painted the Politician series in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Gieve Patel painted a series based on these views of the well, titled Looking into a Well.

Gieve Patel held his first art show at Mumbai's Jehangir Art Gallery in 1966, and went on to have several major exhibitions in India and abroad.

Gieve Patel participated in the Menton Biennale, France in 1976; India, Myth and Reality, Oxford in 1982; Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy, London 1982.

Gieve Patel exhibited for Contemporary Indian Art, Grey Art Gallery, New York City, 1985; Indian Art from the Herwitz collection Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1985 and Coups de Coeur Geneva, 1987.

Gieve Patel held the first exhibition of his sculptures in 2010.