Laxman Pai (Indian, 1926-2021). Yellow and Red, 1970. Oil on linen canvas, signed in Devanagari, and signed and dated 'Laxman Pai '70' in English (lower center); also signed, titled and dated on canvas verso and on stretcher bar, framed. 29 1/2in x 23in. (75 x 59cm). 31 x 25in. (79 x 63cm/frame). Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, San Rafael, California. Condition: In good condition, no issues to note. Laxman Pai used vibrant palettes of yellow and red in his Musical Moods series, which gave visual expression to his Indian classical ragas. He studied at Goa College of Art and in Paris where he was Influenced by the works of Paul Klee, Mark Chagall, and Joan Miró, He explored the stylization of Indian folk art with modern techniques flatness of the pictorial surface.
(Goan Woman with Sickle), 1952. Ink and gouache on paper, depicting a monumental, multi-limbed female laborer against a deep-blue patterned field with a stylized village house. Signed in Devanagari and signed and dated PAI 52 lower right. Framed and matted. Frame 26W x 31 H Image 18W x 22 3/4
Born in January, 1926 in Margao, Goa, India, Laxman Pai received his earliest art education in India’s Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai. The artist has admitted to having a deep and intense adoration for natural beauty, as this artwork suggests. Pai usually paints with bright and bold colours, drawing greater focus to the image depicted. His canvases are densely populated with nature in all her moods, and his human characters are always depicted in relation with their environment. All of Pai’s art is a reflection of his impressions and it is free from any commentary. Most of his work is based on chance encounters and experiences that have left a mark on his mind be it good or evil. His earlier paintings borrowed generously from ancient Egyptian sculptures with bodies that were portrayed front on with the faces in profile.
LAXMAN PAI (1926-2021), UNTITLED, OIL ON CANVAS, INDIA, DATED 1970 Of square format, the composition is organised around a central heart-shaped or shield-shaped face set against a saturated red-orange ground. The face is bisected vertically, one half rendered in warm ochre and brown, the other in deep green, the division running through an elongated leaf-form nose flanked by two blue circular eyes at its base and terminating in a pair of stylised red lips. Above, a single elongated brow spans the width of the face, surmounted by two almond-shaped eyes with heavy lashes and green lids. A pearled strand descends along the ochre cheek, and a matching row of blue beads follows the contour of the green cheek. A flowering sprig sits on the green half in place of an ear ornament, while a small red bindi-like disc marks the ochre cheek. Rising from the crown is a stylised flame or lotus-bud finial in yellow and orange, its petal-forms curving outward symmetrically. To either side of the face, large volute forms in deep blue unfurl into paired spirals, reading simultaneously as hair, as wings, and as scrollwork. The lower register resolves into a downward-pointing green triangle set with yellow and green roundels, framed by two red discs and enclosed by slender green foliate sprays that echo the vegetal motifs at the sides. Signed in Devanagari and in Roman script "Laxman Pai" at the lower right, dated 70. The image belongs to Pai's mature symbolic vocabulary of the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which the human face, and particularly the female face, is dissolved into an ornamental scheme drawn from Indian folk and ritual sources. The bilateral division of the countenance, the flame at the crown, the enclosing foliate border and the axial symmetry recall the visual logic of the kolam and rangoli, of temple threshold paintings, and of the painted faces of ritual images carried in procession. The single brow, the elongated nose and the beaded ornaments are drawn from the conventions of Rajasthani and Pahari miniature painting, which Pai studied closely after his return from Paris in the early 1960s. Trained at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay and resident in Paris between 1951 and 1961, Laxman Pai returned to India committed to a pictorial language that reconciled the flat, decorative sensibility of European modernism with the ornamental and devotional traditions of the subcontinent. His subsequent tenure as principal of the Goa College of Art, from 1977, coincided with a sustained investigation of Indian musical modes, seasonal cycles and religious iconography as pictorial subjects. Works of the early 1970s such as the present canvas sit at the beginning of this synthesis, where the figure is retained as an armature but wholly subsumed into pattern. The oil medium is handled with the matte, evenly modulated surface characteristic of Pai's canvases of this decade, the pigments laid in broad flat passages with soft tonal transitions at the interior of each colour field rather than at its edges. The palette, dominated by cadmium red, deep phthalo blue, viridian and yellow ochre, is deliberately close to the chromatic register of Indian folk painting and painted votive objects, and marks a decisive move away from the more muted tonalities of his Parisian years. This canvas exemplifies the ornamental phase of Laxman Pai's post-Paris practice, in which the female visage becomes the pretext for a fully symmetrical, quasi-devotional composition. It is a characteristic example of the moment at which Pai's engagement with miniature painting and folk ritual imagery consolidated into a signature idiom, and it belongs to the body of work through which he established his position among the second generation of Indian modernists. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Dhoomimal Gallery Collection, Comes with COA from Dhoomimal Gallery Dimensions: Frame: 65 x 65 cm.
Laxman PAI (1926-2021) Sans titre (Trees), 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée, située London et datée 3/59 en bas à droite 38 x 61 cm Provenance: Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
Laxman PAI (1926-2021) Sans titre (Femme), 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée, située London et datée 5/59 en bas à droite 61 x 48 cm Provenance: Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance Informations supplémentaires: Laxman Pai naît le 21 janvier 1926 à Margão, dans l’ancienne Goa portugaise. Dès son enfance, il s’initie à l’art via le studio photo de son oncle (Mauzo Photo Studio), où il retouche des photographies en noir et blanc, ce qui développe son goût pour les lignes, les ombres et les contrastes. Dans les années 1940, il s’engage dans la lutte pour la libération de Goa du gouvernement colonial portugais ; il est arrêté à plusieurs reprises pour ces activités. En 1943, il entre à la Sir J. J. School of Art à Bombay (Mumbai), où il étudie jusqu’en 1947. Lors de sa formation, il reçoit la Mayo Medal à sa sortie. Après ses études, il commence à enseigner à Bombay tout en réalisant ses premières œuvres inspirées de la vie à Goa, des miniatures indiennes, de motifs traditionnels et de la nature. Il déménage ensuite à Paris pour environ dix ans, où il approfondit ses connaissances en gravure, fresque et peinture. Il fréquente l’École des Beaux-Arts et est exposé dans plusieurs galeries européennes pendant cette période. C’est dans ces années que s’affirme un style mariant influences occidentales et esthétiques indiennes traditionnelles : structures angulaires, usage expressif de la ligne, couleurs lyriques et composition stylisée. Cette œuvre illustre plusieurs thèmes chers à l’artiste. La figure féminine centrale est entourée d’une mandorle, forme en amande traditionnellement associée au sacré. Celle-ci isole le personnage du reste de la composition et lui confère une dimension spirituelle. Les motifs végétaux qui apparaissent à l’intérieur et autour du corps renforcent le lien entre la femme et la nature, un thème récurrent dans l’œuvre de Pai. De retour en Inde, il est nommé Principal du Goa College of Art en 1977, poste qu’il occupe jusqu’en 1987, participant au développement artistique local et à la formation d’une génération d’artistes à Goa. Pai reçoit de nombreux prix et distinctions : trois fois le Lalit Kala National Award (1961, 1963, 1972), le Padma Shri (1985), puis le Padma Bhushan. Son travail inclut des peintures à l’huile, des œuvres sur papier (aquarelle, encre, gouache) et des gravures. Il explore souvent des thèmes liés à la nature, aux figures humaines stylisées, à la mythologie et aux traditions locales. Il meurt le 14 mars 2021 à Dona Paula, Goa.
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Blue Mirror, 1964 Oil on canvas 81 x 46 cm Signed and dated at the bottom in Devanagari script and in Latin letters Laxman pai - 64 Countersigned, dated and titled on the back *** Oil on canvas, signed and dated in Devanagari and Latin script, countersigned, dated and titled on the reverse, 31⅞ × 18⅛ in. Painted in 1964. Provenance Private collection inherited by descent, Germany In 1964, Laxman Pai exhibited at the Shridharani Gallery of the Triveni Kala Sangam in New Delhi. Blue Mirror belongs to the pivotal period following his return from Paris in 1961. The female figure, framed by incisive black lines, holds an ornate blue mirror. In the lower left, an eye set in a dark frame evokes both Tantric iconography and a more universally symbolic dimension. The work testifies to Pai's synthesis of the gestural expressionism inherited from his Parisian years and the ornamental repertoire of India. The work's German provenance is in keeping with Pai's long-standing links with Germany, where he exhibited in Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover and Bremen during the 1950s-1960s, and for which he carried out a commission for the Rosenthal factory in the mid-1950s.
Laxman Pai (Indian/France 1962-2021). Painting signed and dated 1962 middle right side. Depicts a reflection type oil painting on canvas. Image 34 1/2 inches x 51 1/2 inches. Good condition.The Estate of Nichols Mitropoulos. (1952-2025) Laxman Pai (1926 2021) was an Indian artist and painter.4000
Laxman Pai (1926 - 2021) Sans titre, 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée et datée en bas à droite 61 x 50 cm Provenance: Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Harvest, 1954 Pen, gouache and watercolor on paper 35 x 30 cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private collection: Private collection, the artist's family lived in Paris in the 1950s. "Laxman Pai was born in Goa, an environment of remarkable natural beauty that profoundly influenced his artistic sensibility. He studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay before moving to France in 1951, where he continued his training at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris alongside Indian artists Francis Newton Souza and S. H. Raza. Much of Pai's work draws on the Goan landscapes of his childhood. The stylized backgrounds that frequently appear in his paintings echo their colors and atmosphere. Pai participated in the Goa liberation movement and was imprisoned for his political involvement in Gandhi's satyagraha. His figurative style combines elements inspired by Indian miniature with the formal clarity of ancient Egyptian art. During his years in Paris, he studied Egyptian relief sculpture at the Louvre and assimilated the influence of artists such as Paul Klee and Marc Chagall. He combined these references with memories of villagers and rural life in Goa. Works from this period often feature figures whose frontal body and profile recall Egyptian conventions. Pai returned to India in 1961, shortly after Goa's liberation from Portuguese colonial rule. He then headed the Goa College of Art from 1977 to 1987. In April 2018, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honors in the arts. The two works presented here were created by Laxman Pai during his period in Paris. Since their creation, they have remained in the family of the person who hosted him in Paris at the time."
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Couple Oil on canvas 55 x 65 cm Signed in the middle in devanagari Provenance: Private collection: Private collection, the artist's family lived in Paris in the 1950s. "Laxman Pai was born in Goa, an environment of remarkable natural beauty that profoundly influenced his artistic sensibility. He studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay before moving to France in 1951, where he continued his training at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris alongside Indian artists Francis Newton Souza and S. H. Raza. Much of Pai's work draws on the Goan landscapes of his childhood. The stylized backgrounds that frequently appear in his paintings echo their colors and atmosphere. Pai participated in the Goa liberation movement and was imprisoned for his political involvement in Gandhi's satyagraha. His figurative style combines elements inspired by Indian miniature with the formal clarity of ancient Egyptian art. During his years in Paris, he studied Egyptian relief sculpture at the Louvre and assimilated the influence of artists such as Paul Klee and Marc Chagall. He combined these references with memories of villagers and rural life in Goa. Works from this period often feature figures whose frontal body and profile recall Egyptian conventions. Pai returned to India in 1961, shortly after Goa's liberation from Portuguese colonial rule. He then headed the Goa College of Art from 1977 to 1987. In April 2018, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honors in the arts. The two works presented here were created by Laxman Pai during his period in Paris. Since their creation, they have remained in the family of the person who hosted him in Paris at the time."
Laxman Pai (1926-2021) ; Kashmir ; 1965 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 55 x 38 cm (21 2/3 x 15 in.) ; frame size 64 x 45 cm (25 x 17 3/4 in.) ; signed, named, and dated lower right and on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL €430 , National post with tracking service €285 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €330 , National post with tracking service €215
Laxman PAI (1926-2021) Soleil et fleurs rouges, 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée et daté 5/59 en bas à droite 48 x 61 cm - 18 7/8 x 24 in. Oil on board, signed and dated 5/59 lower right PROVENANCE Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
Laxman PAI (1926-2021) Bouquet de fleurs bleues, 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée, située London, datée 1/59 en bas à droite, contresigné au dos 50 x 61 cm - 19 11/16 x 24 in. Oil on board, signed, located London, dated 1/59 lower left, signed again on the reverse PROVENANCE Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
Property from a Private Collection, France Laxman Pai 1926 - 2021 Tricot; Untitled (Study for Tricot) Oil on canvas ; Ink on paper laid on board Signed in Devanagari and signed and dated 'LaxmanPaï_54.' centre right. Further inscribed '138' on stretcher, signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Tricot" / Par / LAXMAN PAÏ / PARIS. 1954.' and bearing exhibition label on reverse: 'PETIT PALAIS - PARIS / EXPOSITION: ARTISTES ETRAnGERSEN FRANCE 1955 / OEUVRE: Tricot / PROPRIÉTAIRE: L. PAI - Inde / CATALOGUE No 138' Signed in Devanagari and signed and inscribed 'Laxman / _ Av. 54 .' 99.7 x 81 cm. (39 ¼ x 31 ⅞ in.); 63.5 x 45.1 cm. (25 x 17 ¾ in.) Painted in 1954; Executed circa 1954 (2)
Property from a Private Collection, Paris Laxman Pai 1926 - 2021 Untitled (Landscape) Oil on board Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed ‘Laxman Pai / London 3/59’ lower left 60.9 x 38.2 cm. (24 x 15 in.) Painted in 1959
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Femme aux champs Mixed media, ink and watercolor, on paper 28 x 38 cm Signed, localized and dated lower right Laxman Paï Paris 56 Provenance: Collection Claude B. (1932 - 2021), whose aunt Aline B. lodged the artist in Paris in the 1950s.
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Reflexion and peasant couple, (19)54 Two watercolors on paper. 38 x 40.5 cm and 39.5 x 29 cm Signed and dated lower right 54 Provenance: Collection Claude B. (1932 - 2021), whose aunt Aline B. lodged the artist in Paris in the 1950s.
Laxman PAI (India, 1926 - 2021) Nayikaa, (19)52 Oil on canvas 66 x 56 cm Signed lower right in Nagari script Titled on back "Nayikaa", countersigned and dated Laxman Paï 52 Provenance: Claude B. Collection (1932 - 2021), whose aunt Aline B. housed the artist in Paris in the 1950s. This major work from Laxman Pai's first period, dated 1952, already testifies to the singular strength of his pictorial language. Entitled Nayikaa - the Sanskrit term for heroine, the central female figure in the lyrical and dramatic arts of classical India - the canvas features a hieratic, frontal woman with stylized gestures and a direct gaze. The sharp contours, angular forms and simplified volumes evoke an iconography rooted in ancient statuary and Indian folk art. The figure is treated with monumental frontality, the face in segmented flat tints, the arms adorned with geometric motifs. The sober yet warm palette - deep green, ochre, cream, touches of black and red - lends the scene a restrained intensity. Iconic elements - the golden lotus on the right, the stylized flower behind the ear, the raised hand gesture - enrich the symbolic reading: the nayikaa is a spiritual presence. Born in Margao, Goa, on January 21, 1926, Laxman Pai is one of the major figures of modern Indian painting. Trained at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay, where he also taught, he soon developed an artistic sensibility nourished by the luxuriant nature and vitality of his native Goa - a constant source of inspiration throughout his career. A committed activist in his youth, he took part in Gandhi's Satyagraha movement against British domination, then in the struggle for Goa's liberation from Portuguese colonial administration. Yet his work is never militant in the strict sense: it draws more on emotion, memory and the silent beauty of the world than on political demands. A self-proclaimed autodidact - "I'm my own guru", he used to say - he forged a highly personal style, enriched by his ten-year stay in Paris. Influenced by Paul Klee, Chagall and Miró, he fuses modern forms with traditional Indian iconography. He borrows stylized lines and flat tints from folk art, while introducing subtle geometry, a sense of rhythm and a flamboyant palette. His works, figurative and often spiritual, depict nature in all its richness - vegetation, animals, village scenes - but also human figures always integrated into their environment. "My paintings don't preach morality. They are spiritual impressions", he asserts. Far from discourse, his art is concerned with translating inner emotions, born of chance encounters or striking visions. Over the decades, his style has evolved: from silhouettes inspired by ancient Egyptian sculpture to softer, more fluid forms imbued with vibrant energy. His bold, luminous colors are reminiscent of ancient Indian miniatures, but with a contemporary exuberance that became his signature. Director of the Goa College of Art from 1977 to 1987, Laxman Pai received numerous honors: twice the national Lalit Kala Akademi prize (1961 and 1963), the Gomant Vibhushan (the highest civilian distinction in the State of Goa), the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan from the Indian government. He died in Dona Paula, Goa, on March 14, 2021, leaving behind a body of work of great humanity, celebrating nature, life and the beauty of the world.
LAXMAN PAI (Margao 1926–2021 Dona Paula) Raag ‘Puriya Dhanashri‛. 1965. Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and inscribed illegibly lower right: Laxman Pai 65, as well as signed, titled, dated and with measurements on the reverse: RAAH PURIYA DHANASHRI 81 × 65 cm LAXMAN PAI 1965. 82 × 65 cm. Provenance: - Artist's studio. - Private collection, Switzerland, acquired directly from the artist. - Private collection, Switzerland, by descent. ------------------------------------------------- LAXMAN PAI (Margao 1926–2021 Dona Paula) Raag ‘Puriya Dhanashri‛. 1965. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert, datiert und unleserlich bezeichnet: Laxman Pai 65, sowie verso signiert, betitelt, datiert und mit Massangaben: RAAH PURIYA DHANASHRI 81 × 65 cm LAXMAN PAI 1965. 82 × 65 cm. Provenienz: - Künstlerstudio. - Privatsammlung Schweiz, direkt vom Künstler erworben. - Privatsammlung Schweiz, durch Erbschaft erhalten.
LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Glistening Gold, 1965 Huile sur toile, signée et datée en bas à droite, titrée, signée et datée au dos 81 x 45 cm - 31 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, titled, signed and dated on the reverse 4 000 - 6 000 € PROVENANCE Collection Charles Alexander, États-Unis Collection privée, France
LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Lonely Forest, 1962 Huile sur toile, signée et datée en bas au centre, titrée, signée, datée et numérotée 31 au dos 81 x 61 cm - 31 7/8 x 24 in. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower centre, titled, signed, dated and numbered 31 on the reverse 5 000 - 7 000 € PROVENANCE Collection privée, États-Unis Collection privée, France
LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Sans titre (Trois arbres) Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à droite, située London et datée 3/59 en bas à droite 50 x 61 cm - 19 3/4 x 24 in. Oil on board, signed lower right, located London and dated 3/59 4 000 - 6 000 € PROVENANCE Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Sans titre (Vase au bouquet de fleurs) Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à droite, située London et datée 4/59 en bas à droite 50 x 61 cm - 19 3/4 x 24 in. Oil on board, signed lower right, located London and dated 4/59 3 000 - 5 000 € PROVENANCE Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Sans titre (Portrait de femme) Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à droite, située London et datée 5/59 en bas à droite 61 x 48 cm - 23 5/8 x 19 1/4 in. Oil on board, signed lower right, located London and dated 5/59 3 000 - 5 000 € PROVENANCE Acquis directement auprès de l'artiste, puis par descendance
Attributed to Laxman Pai, Indian, 1926 to 2021, oil painting on canvas depicting a Surreal portrait. Signed lower right. Laxman Pai was an Indian artist and painter. He was a principal of the Goa College of Art, a post he held from 1977 to 1987. Pai was a recipient of several awards including Indias third highest civilian honour of Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India. From 1947 to 1950 Pai was largely inspired by Goan subjects and the concept of Indian miniatures. His initial works speak about the Goan way of life, as can be seen from his paintings depicting the Zambaulim Shigmo or the process of feni making. Pai was also inspired by ancient Egyptian sculptures. Modern Indian Fine Art, Surreal Paintings, and Collectibles.
Laxman Pai (1926-2021) Untiled (Three ladies) signed and dated 'Laxman Pai 82' in Devanagiri and English lower left; further inscribed 'Rajasthan series no 4,' acrylic, 1982, 61 x 92 cm (24' x 36') by Laxman Pai' verso acrylic on canvas, framed 61 x 92cm (24 x 36 1/4in).
11 LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Sans titre, 1959 Huile sur isorel, signée en Devanagari, annotée 'London' et datée 4/59 en bas à droite 61 x 38 cm (non encadrée) 24 1/64 x 14 61/64 in.(unframed) Oil on board, signed in Devanagari and signed, inscribed 'London' and dated 4/59' lower right PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris
10 LAXMAN PAI (1926 - 2021) Sans titre, 1958 Huile sur isorel, signée en Devanagari, annotée 'London' et datée 12/58 en bas à droite 50 x 61 cm (non encadrée) 19 11/16 x 24 1/64 in. (unframed) Oil on board, signed in Devanagari and signed, inscribed 'London' and dated 12/58' lower right PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris
Laxman Pai 1926 - 2021 Untitled (Two Women) Watercolour on paper Signed in Devanagari and signed and indistinctly dated 'PAi - 54.' lower right Further signed in Devanagari and signed and inscribed À Monsieur Yves Sjöberg / Souvenir de l’exposition à Paris - Fèv. 1955 - / Laxman Pai’ on the mount 32.8 x 22.4 cm. (12 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Painted circa 1954
Property from a Private Collection, Paris Laxman Pai 1926 - 2021 Untitled (Landscape) Oil on board Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed ‘Laxman Pai / London 3/59’ lower left 60.9 x 38.2 cm. (24 x 15 in.) Painted in 1959
Property from a Private Collection, Paris Laxman Pai 1926 - 2021 Untitled Oil on board Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed ‘Laxman Pai / London 1/59’ lower right 61.1 x 38 cm. (24 x 15 in.) Painted in 1959
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LAXMAN PAI, UNTITLED 1970, SIGNED & DATED LAXMAN PAI 3/70 ON LOWER RIGHT, OIL ON CANVAS 24 x 24 inches Provenance: Acquired Directly Through The Artist Acquired Via Dhoomimal Gallery Circa 2020
Laxman Pai (1926-2021) Shining Valley signed 'Laxman Pai' in Devanagiri and English and dated '65; further inscribed title, size and medium verso oil on canvas, framed 100 x 65cm (39 3/8 x 25 9/16in).
'Three faces', signed and dated 'Laxman Pai / 1976' (upper right); titled, signed and dated again (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 98x126 cm, , Provenance:-With Dhoomimal Gallery (DMG) Delhi (remnants of a label attached on the reverse), Laxman Pai was born in 1926 in Margao, Goa. He studied art at the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai from 1943 to 1947. He was awarded the prestigious Mayo medal. His canvases are densely populated with nature in all her moods, and his human characters are always depicted in relation with their environment. All of Pai's art is a reflection of his impressions and it is free from any commentary. Most of his work is based on chance encounters and experiences that have left a mark on his mind be it good or evil. His earlier paintings borrowed generously from ancient Egyptian sculptures with bodies that were portrayed front on with the faces in profile. The vibrant hues that are so characteristic of his art got bolder and brighter with each painting reminiscent of the miniatures of early Indian art, Pai has created a body of work that is as diverse and colourful as life itself. For him, all beauty in its myriad manifestations was an unending source of inspiration. And it is this natural beauty that became the prism through which he explored a supreme spiritual consciousness in his works. For him, art was pure spiritual expression, fired by the soul, untouched by ideology and commentary of any kind. Laxman Pai has had over a hundred solo exhibitions, of these nine have been in Paris where he worked for 10 years (1951-61). His other exhibitions have been in London, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, New York, San Francisco, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Goa. He has also participated in Bribable San Paulo, Brazil. Laxman Pai has been a recipient of three Lalit Kala national awards (1961, 1963 & 1972). He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the government of India in 1985.Source: www.dhoomimalgallery.art
Laxman Pai. India/France. Watercolor and ink painting of a surrealist composition. Signed and dated '74 lower right. Matted. Sheet size: 15 x 19.5in. Overall: 16 x 20in. Slight toning. Acquired from Gallerie Taj Caribe, New York Thence by descent Gallerie Taj Caribe was opened in 1973 with a mission to introduce and showcase Indian and Haitian artists and fine arts to the Greater New York art community. Renamed to Gallery One in 1974, the privately owned gallery remained in business until mid 1976 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
