Shanti Dave was born on 25 September 1931 and is an Indian painter and sculptor, considered by many as one of the major Indian artists of the twentieth century.
10 Facts About Shanti Dave
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Shanti Dave is a former member of the Lalit Kala Akademi and the Sahitya Kala Parishad.
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Shanti Dave did his education from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1951 from where he completed his graduate and post graduate studies in Faculty of Fine Arts.
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Shanti Dave started his career as a commercial artist doing banners and sign boards but slowly made his mark as a painter, which earned him several notable assignments such as at the VIP Lounges of JFK Airport and at the Air India booking offices in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Sydney, and Perth.
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Shanti Dave's works are abstract and use encaustic and wax with oil paint techniques together with calligraphy.
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Shanti Dave has done several murals of large proportions which incorporate wood block painting, stone carving and weaving.
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Shanti Dave did his first solo exhibition in 1957 followed by several others in many parts of the world and has participated in many group exhibitions at places such as Philippines, Switzerland, London, Japan, France, East Europe and the Middle East.
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Shanti Dave's creations are on display at art galleries like the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and many public places and his paintings have been sold at notable auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's and Bonhams.
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Shanti Dave is a former member of the Sahitya Kala Parishad and has served as a member of the executive board of the Lalit Kala Akademi.
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Shanti Dave has won the Lalit Kala Akademi three years consecutively from 1956 to 1958.