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'''Jehangir Sabavala''' (23 August 1922 – 2 September 2011) was an Indian painter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main16.asp?filename=hub012106The_Old_Man.asp |title=Ranjit Hoskote, 'The Old Man and His Oils', ''Tehelka'', 21 January 2006 |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925225251/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main16.asp?filename=hub012106The_Old_Man.asp |archive-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110917020716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-03/india/30109544_1_artists-jehangir-sabavala-cubism Ranjit Hoskote, 'Jehangir Sabavala's world was deceptively serene', ''The Times of India'', 3 September 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hu170911APPRAISAL.asp Ranjit Hoskote, 'A Serene Disruption', ''Tehelka'', 17 September 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2419077.ece Jerry Pinto, 'The painter of signs', ''The Hindu'', 3 September 2011]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Jehangir Ardeshir Sabavala was born to an affluent [[Parsi]] family in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]), India.<ref>[http://www.india-seminar.com/2003/528/528%20jehangir%20sabavala.htm Jehangir Sabavala, 'A rebel with many causes', ''Seminar'' #528/ ''City of Dreams'']</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/jehangir-sabavala-colours-of-absence/articleshow/9841547.cms |title=Sabavala profile in ''India News'' online|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com|access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> His mother belonged to the aristocratic Cowasjee Jehangir family. He studied at [[Cathedral and John Connon School]], [[Elphinstone College]], and earned a diploma from Mumbai's [[Sir J. J. School of Art]] in 1944. Thereafter he went to Europe and studied at the [[Heatherley School of Fine Art]], London, (1945–47), and in Academie [[Andre Lhote]], Paris (1948–51), the [[Académie Julian]] (1953–54), and finally at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jehangir Sabavala: A painter & gentleman bows out|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-03/india/30110081_1_civility-jehangir-sabavala-painter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208173605/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-03/india/30110081_1_civility-jehangir-sabavala-painter |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 September 2011}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

== Career ==

Since 1951, he has held 31 major solo exhibitions across the subcontinent, and in Europe. He has participated in more than 150 group exhibitions all over the world. His work is in several important private and public collections, such as the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, Parliament House, New Delhi, The Punjab Government Museum, Chandigarh, Air India Mumbai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, The National gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoskote|first1=Ranjit|title=Jehangir Sabarvala: A Retrospective|date=Nov 2005|publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art|location=Delhi|pages=27}}</ref>

Sabavala did not allow archives of his 12 scrapbooks on materials from the early 1940s to the 2000 online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/for-old-times-sake/752480/0|title=For Old Times' Sake |work=Indian Express|date=21 February 2011|access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> '''Arun Khopkar''''s film on Sabavala's life and art, '''''Colours of Absence''''', won the National Award in 1994.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article2435087.ece Arun Khopkar, 'Colours of absence', tribute to Jehangir Sabavala in ''The Hindu'', 10 September 2011]</ref> In 2010, another film about his life was made, '''''The Inheritance of Light: Jehangir Sabavala'''''. His last solo exhibition, ''''Ricorso'''', was held at the Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081015162252/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/10/12/stories/2008101250290800.htm Interview with Jehangir Sabavala on 'Ricorso' (''The Hindu'', 12 October 2008)]</ref>

In 2010, one of his serene landscapes called '''''Casuarina''''' Line fetched Rs 17 million at a Saffronart auction.<ref name="painting" />

One of his paintings titled '''''Vespers 1''''', was sold for £253,650 (Rs. 21 million) at a Bonhams sale in [[London]].<ref name="painting">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-08/india/32123420_1_bonhams-sale-saffronart-auction-auction-house | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126044013/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-08/india/32123420_1_bonhams-sale-saffronart-auction-auction-house | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 January 2013 | title=Jehangir Sabavala's painting fetches Rs 2.1cr | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=8 June 2012| access-date=8 June 2012 | author=Neelam Raaj}}</ref>

== Artistic Inspiration ==

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==Personal life==
Jehangir was married to [[Shirin Dastur]], whom he met at the [[London School of Economics]]. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

==Awards==
* [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India - 1977<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2013 }}</ref>
* Lalit Kala Ratna, the Fellowship of [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Arts, by the President of India - 2007

==Books on the Artist==
* [[Dilip Chitre]], ''The Reasoning Vision: Jehangir Sabavala's Painterly Universe''. (Tata McGraw Hill, Mumbai 1980) {{ISBN|978-0-07-096622-2}}
* [[Ranjit Hoskote]], ''Pilgrim, Exile, Sorcerer: The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Sabavala''. (Eminence Designs, Mumbai 1998) {{ISBN|81-900602-2-8}}
* Ranjit Hoskote, ''The Crucible of Painting: The Art of Jehangir Sabavala''. (Eminence Designs/ National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 2005) {{ISBN|81-902170-9-7}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.saffronart.com/artist/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=32 Jehangir Sabavala profile] at ''[[Saffronart]]''
* {{YouTube|wg7hvREqxqI|The Inheritance of Light: Jehangir Sabavala}}
*[https://www.artisera.com/blogs/expressions/jehangir-sabavala-a-master-s-lasting-impression-on-indian-modern-art Jehangir Sabavala: A Master’s Lasting Impression on Indian Modern Art]
*[https://www.artisera.com/collections/jehangir-sabavala Jehangir Sabavala: Artist Profile and Artworks on 'Artisera']
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[[Category:Elphinstone College alumni]]
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[[Category:Cathedral and John Connon School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]
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