Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 21 Aug 1910
- Zodiac sign
- Leo
- Date of Death
- 18 Feb 1992
- Age
- 81
- Place of Birth
- Indore, Indore State | Present-day Madhya Pradesh, India
- State Country of Birth
- Indore State | Present-day Madhya Pradesh, India
1933
- B. A., Holkar College, Agra University, Agra, India
- Studied art under the guidance of Shri Dattatrey Damodar Deolalikar at State School of Art, Indore
1934
- Diploma in Art, Government of the State of Bombay, India
1948
- Studied Print-making under the guidance of Mr. Armin Landek of the Art Student's League in New York, USA
1936
- Worked as an artist-cum-journalist with the visitor's Bureau of Kashmir Government
1936 – 1939
1938
- Set up B. Datta Art Gallery, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
1939
- Conducted Art Classes, Mumbai, India
1939 – 1941
- Freelance Artist in Mumbai, India
1939 – 1950
1940
- Worked as an Art Director for a film company in Chennai, India
1946
- Guest Artist, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
1950
- The First Reader and Head of Department of Painting, Fine Arts Faculty, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
1950 – 1959
1952
- Member, Government of India's First Cultural Delegation to China
1956
- Formed Baroda Group of Artists, with staff and students at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
1959
- Dean, Fine Arts Faculty, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
1959 – 1966
1962
- Vice Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1962 – 1972
1968
- Visited Eastern Europe as a member of the Cultural Exchange Programme, Government of India
1971
- Chairman International Jury, 2nd Triennale Exhibition, India
1972
- Vice President and President, Art Society of India, Mumbai, India
1972 – 1978
- Member, Art Advisory Committee, Government of Maharashtra
1972 – 1978
1974
- Conferred Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1978
- Visiting Professor, Khairagarh University, Madhya Pradesh, India
Exhibitions
1935
- 45th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1937
- 46th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1938
- 47th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1943
- Mumbai, India
1945
- Annual Exhibition, Art Society of India, Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, India
1948
- Windermere Gallery, USA
- Bombay Art Society Salon, Rampart Row, Mumbai, India
1949
- 59th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1950
- Mumbai, India
- 60th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1956
- 66th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1957
- Mumbai, India
- Vadodara, India
1958
- 68th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
1960
- Abstract Works, Vadodara, India
1962
- Vadodara, India
1963
- Mumbai, India
1966
- Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Gujarat, India
1968
- Mumbai, India
1969
- Travelling Exhibition, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland
Chronicled Highlights
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