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Jehangir Sabavala

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Jehangir Sabavala

b. 23 Aug 1922, Bombay, Maharashtra, India

d. 02 Sep 2011, Bombay, Maharashtra, India

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Born in an affluent Parsi family whose history was intertwined with the history of Bombay, Jehangir Sabavala was among the first generation of post-colonial artists in India. Sabavala strayed away from any group affiliations that were prominent during his time and developed his pictorial language that was inspired and shaped by his art school training, his international travels and the cubist pedagogy imparted by his mentor Andre Lhote. His closeness to nature results in vivid and serene landscapes that are often desolate and sometimes populated by the figures of magicians, sorcerers and ascetics.
Born in an affluent Parsi family whose history was intertwined with the history of Bombay, Jehangir Sabavala was among the first generation of post-colonial artists in India. Sabavala strayed away from any group affiliations that were prominent during his time and developed his pictorial language that was inspired and shaped by his art school training, his international travels and the cubist pedagogy imparted by his mentor Andre Lhote. His closeness to nature results in vivid and serene landscapes that are often desolate and sometimes populated by the figures of magicians, sorcerers and ascetics.