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{{Short description|Indian Administrative Service Officer}}
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| birth_place = India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|||1929|11|7}}
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| occupation = Civil service officer, [[curator]], art writer
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| known_for = art writings, museum administration
| awards = 1987 [[Padma Bhushan]]
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'''Laxmi Prasad Sihare''' was an Indian civil service officer, [[curator]], art writer and the director-general of the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] (NGMA).<ref name="Priceless works sent to festivals abroad return damaged">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/heritage/story/19890331-priceless-works-sent-to-festivals-abroad-return-damaged-815899-1989-03-31 |title=Priceless works sent to festivals abroad return damaged |date=31 March 1989 |work=India Today |access-date=2018-06-04 |language=en}}</ref> It was during his directorship, an art exhibition on [[Auguste Rodin]] was organized by the museum.<ref name="Makeover for museum">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070423/asp/nation/story_7684142.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630010947/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070423/asp/nation/story_7684142.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2018 |title=Makeover for museum |date=23 April 2007 |work=The Telegraph - Calcutta |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref>

Sihare joined NGMA as the director-general in 1984.<ref name="The Nizam's jewels">{{Cite news |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1815/18150980.htm |title=The Nizam's jewels |date=3 August 2001 |work=Frontline |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> One of his main contributions was his timely intervention in stopping the 1995 public auction of the [[Jewels of the Nizams]],<ref name="Nizam's jewels - timeless treasures of India">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/postDetail.php?id=196174216674_10150509830876675 |title=Nizam's jewels - timeless treasures of India |date=9 December 2011 |website=www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org |language=en |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> which included the [[Jacob Diamond]], an uncut diamond ranked fifth in the world in size.<ref>{{cite news| title=India finally settles £1million Nizam dispute| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584818/India-finally-settles-1million-Nizam-dispute.html| first=Rahul| last=Bedi| date=12 April 2008| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=The Victoria| url=http://famousdiamonds.tripod.com/victoriadiamond.html| publisher=Famous, Historic and Notable Diamonds}}</ref> He obtained a court order in 1979 and stopped the auction of the jewels to buyers which included bidders from abroad.<ref name="Home loses Nizam jewels">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1040826/asp/nation/story_3677152.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911094930/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040826/asp/nation/story_3677152.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2004 |title=Home loses Nizam jewels |date=26 August 2004 |work=The Telegraph - Calcutta |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> He published a number of books and monographs,<ref name="Author profile on WorldCat">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%253ASihare%252C+Laxmi.&qt=hot_author |title=Author profile on WorldCat |date=2018-06-04 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en |access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> including ''Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian : 1909-1917'',<ref name="Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian: 1909-1917">{{Cite book |title=Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian: 1909-1917 |last=Sihare |first=Laxmi |date=1967 |location=S.l. |oclc = 315608742|language=English}}</ref> ''Paul Klee : sixty oil paintings, water colours, pastels and drawings (1909-1939)'',<ref name="Paul Klee: sixty oil paintings, water colours, pastels and drawings (1909-1939) from the collection of Sunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duesseldorf : January 23, 1979 to February 25, 1979">{{Cite book |title=Paul Klee: sixty oil paintings, water colours, pastels and drawings (1909-1939) from the collection of Sunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duesseldorf : January 23, 1979 to February 25, 1979 |last=National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi |first=India) |date=1978 |publisher=The Gallery |location=New Delhi |oclc = 18330743|language=English}}</ref> ''Restoration of oil painting : techniques''<ref name="Restoration of oil painting: techniques">{{Cite book |title=Restoration of oil painting: techniques |last=Sihare |first=Laxmi P |last2=National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi |first2=India) |last3=National Museum of India |publisher=National Museum in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art |location=New Delhi |oclc = 79680595|language=English}}</ref> and ''Computer art''.<ref name="Computer art">{{Cite book |title=Computer art |last=Sihare |first=Laxmi P |last2=Bhavan |first2=Max Mueller |last3=National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi |first3=India) |last4=IBM India |date=1972 |publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art |location=New Delhi |oclc = 82014913|language=English}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sihare retired from government service in 1991 and died in 1993.<ref name="The Nizam's jewels" />
[[File:Jaipur House Delhi.jpg|thumb|National Gallery of Modern Art]]

==See also==
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* [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]
* [[Jaipur House]]
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{{portal|India|Art}}

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=Jewels of the Nizams |last=Ramamrutham) |first=Bala Krishnan, Usha R. (Usha |date=2001 |publisher=Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India in association with India Book House, Mumbai |isbn=8185832153 |location=New Delhi|oclc = 50069660}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=https://media.guggenheim.org/content/pdf/exhibitions/gaitonde_exhibition_history.pdf |title=Selected Exhibition History |date=2018-06-04 |website=Guggenheim |access-date=2018-06-04 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216063626/http://media.guggenheim.org/content/pdf/exhibitions/gaitonde_exhibition_history.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1980–89}}

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MUKESH SINGH at 10:50, 14 February 2026