1929-11-7
India
Civil service officer, curator, art writer
art writings, museum administration
Laxmi Prasad Sihare was an Indian civil service officer, curator, art writer and the director-general of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA).[1] It was during his directorship, an art exhibition on Auguste Rodin was organized by the museum.[2]
Sihare joined NGMA as the director-general in 1984.[3] One of his main contributions was his timely intervention in stopping the 1995 public auction of the Jewels of the Nizams,[4] which included the Jacob Diamond, an uncut diamond ranked fifth in the world in size.[5][6] He obtained a court order in 1979 and stopped the auction of the jewels to buyers which included bidders from abroad.[7] He published a number of books and monographs,[8] including Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian : 1909-1917,[9] Paul Klee : sixty oil paintings, water colours, pastels and drawings (1909-1939),[10] Restoration of oil painting : techniques[11] and Computer art.[12] The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 1987.[13]
Sihare retired from government service in 1991 and died in 1993.[3]
See also
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References
- ↑ Priceless works sent to festivals abroad return damaged. India Today(31 March 1989). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ Makeover for museum. The Telegraph - Calcutta(23 April 2007). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Nizam's jewels. Frontline(3 August 2001). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ Nizam's jewels - timeless treasures of India. www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org(9 December 2011). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ India finally settles £1million Nizam dispute. The Daily Telegraph(12 April 2008).
- ↑ The Victoria. Famous, Historic and Notable Diamonds.
- ↑ Home loses Nizam jewels. The Telegraph - Calcutta(26 August 2004). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ Author profile on WorldCat. www.worldcat.org(2018-06-04). Retrieved 2018-06-04.
- ↑ Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian: 1909-1917{{#if:Sihare|, Sihare}(1967)
- ↑ 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{{#if:National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi|, National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi}. The Gallery(1978)
- ↑ Restoration of oil painting: techniques{{#if:Sihare|, Sihare}. National Museum in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art
- ↑ Computer art{{#if:Sihare|, Sihare}. National Gallery of Modern Art(1972)
- ↑ Padma Awards. Padma Awards. Government of India(2018-05-17). Retrieved 2018-05-17.
Further reading
- Jewels of the Nizams{{#if:Ramamrutham)|, Ramamrutham)}. Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India in association with India Book House, Mumbai(2001). ISBN 8185832153
External links
- Selected Exhibition History. Guggenheim(2018-06-04). Retrieved 2018-06-04.