Letter from Jyoti Bhatt to V.R. Amberkar, 16 October 1958

Typed letter from artist Jyoti Bhatt to V.R. Amberkar regarding the inauguration of the exhibition 'Baroda Group of Artists: Third Exhibition of Paintings' at the Dhanraj Mahel Gallery, Bombay.

The letter is dated 16 October 1958.

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'Baroda Group of Artists: Third Exhibition of Paintings' was held from 22 to 28 October 1958 at the Alliance Francaise Gallery located in Dhanraj Mahal in Bombay. 22 oil paintings by the Baroda Group of Artists was exhibited. Participating artists included Jyoti Bhatt, N.S. Bendre, Farokh Contractor, Jamu Chaudhary, Bhupendra Desai, Prafull Dave, Prabha Dongre, Shanti Dave, Kishori Kaul, Padmini Manerikar, Ratan Parimoo, Indu Patwa, Vinod Patel, Sumant Shah, Vinod Shah, G.R. Santosh, K.G. Subramanyan, G.M. Sheikh, Himmat Shah, and Haku Shah. The exhibition was inaugurated by Daniel P. Oleksiw, Director of the U.S.I.S.

The Baroda Group of Artists was formed in the year 1956 by G.R. Santosh, Ratan Parimoo, K.G. Subramanyan, Prabha Dongre, Shanti Dave, K. Patel, Triloke Kaul, Vinay Trivedi, N.S. Bendre, Balkrishna Patel, Jyoti Bhatt, Prafull Dave, and Ramesh Pandya. The Group had exhibited in various cities like Bombay, Ahmedabad, and Srinagar between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s. Members of the Group changed over the years.

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1958

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Letter from Jyoti Bhatt to V.R. Amberkar, 16 October 1958