Sadashiv Sathe

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{{Short description|Indian sculptor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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| birth_name = Sadashiv Sathe
| birth_date = 17 May 1926<ref name="Shilpalay">{{Cite web|url=http://shilpalay.org/photos.php|title=Shilpalay {{!}} Photo Gallery|website=shilpalay.org|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|30|1926|5|17|df=y}}
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| nationality = Indian
| education = Government diploma in Modelling and Sculpture (1948)
| other_names = Bhau Sathe
| known_for = Bronze and other sculptures
| occupation = Sculptor
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'''Sadashiv Sathe''' or '''Bhau Sathe''' (17 May 1926 – 30 August 2021<ref>[https://english.lokmat.com/maharashtra/renowned-sculptor-sadashiv-sathe-passes-away/ Renowned sculptor Sadashiv Sathe passes away]</ref>) was an Indian sculptor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Marvellous-creation/articleshow/16168814.cms |title=Marvellous creation |website=Mumbai Mirror |publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |location=Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |access-date=12 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ace-thane-sculptor-s-mahatma-gandhi-statue-ready-for-dandi-march-2028497 |title=Ace Thane sculptor's Mahatma Gandhi statue ready for Dandi March |last=Srivastava |first=Kanchan |date=23 October 2014 |website=DNA India |publisher=[[DNA India]] |location=India |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> His notable works include the 5-metre high statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] that is part of the main structure of the [[National Salt Satyagraha Memorial]] situated at [[Dandi, Navsari]]<ref name="NSS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dandimemorial.in/|title=National Salt Satyagraha Memorial {{!}} Homepage|website=www.dandimemorial.in|access-date=10 August 2019}}</ref> and the 18-foot equestrian statue of [[Shivaji]] at the [[Gateway of India]], [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Week"/>

==Early life==

Sathe was first inspired to pursue [[Sculpture|sculpting]] as a career from his family's occupation of sculpting [[Ganesha|Lord Ganesha]] during the [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] festival. He obtained a government diploma in Modelling and Sculpture at [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art]] in 1948.

== Career ==
{{quote|“I believe art should flow. I have experimented with my art, and I hope generations to come continue experimenting. Unless we push limits, how will art grow?”<ref name="Week">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/21/sadashiv-sathe-making-gandhi-statues-since-1952.html|title=Sadashiv Sathe: Making Gandhi statues since 1952|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref>}}

He worked as a commercial artist with [[V. Shantaram]].<ref name="express" /> He sculpted his first statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] opposite the Old Town Hall in Delhi in 1952.<ref name="Week" /> In 1958, he was offered a scholarship by the Spanish government to study in [[Spain]].<ref name="Shilpalay" /> [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] introduced him to [[Yashwantrao Chavan]], who called upon him to cast the 18-feet statue of the [[Shivaji]], the founder of [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Kingdom]], at the [[Gateway of India]], [[Mumbai]].<ref name="express" /> The statue was unveiled on 26 January 1961 on the occasion of India's [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]].<ref name="Prasad1984">{{cite book|last=Prasad|first=Rajendra|title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Correspondence and Select Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfqUPmd1nvQC&pg=PA205|accessdate=16 April 2012|year=1984|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-002-1|page=205|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707071423/http://books.google.com/books?id=QfqUPmd1nvQC&pg=PA205|archivedate=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Illustrated weekly of India">{{cite book|title=The Illustrated weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTUTAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 April 2012|year=1965|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd.]]|page=152|author=[[University of Michigan]]|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707071253/http://books.google.com/books?id=YTUTAQAAMAAJ|archivedate=7 July 2014}}</ref> He did live sculpting for [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]].<ref name="Week" /> He arranged exhibitions at [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[London]], [[Moscow]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Brussels]], [[The Hague]]. In 1973, he was invited to [[Buckingham Palace]] in London to make a head study sculpture of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]].<ref name="Shilpalay" />

Sathe initiated competitions, such as Pandit Nehru Memorial competition at Nehru Centre, Bombay, and the Shrimati Indira Gandhi National Memorial competition in New Delhi. He was a jury member of the [[Maharashtra]] government's art exhibitions and [[Bombay Art Society|Bombay Art Society's]] exhibition. He served as an examiner for the [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University's]] art examination.<ref name="Shilpalay" />

He once declined to make a statue of [[Swami Vivekananda]], as it was to be put in a temple. Sathe believed that the statue should be put on a rock to protect Vivekananda’s philosophy.<ref name="Week" />

On 24 December 1984, he live-sculpted a bust of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] at the residence of [[Ved Prakash Goyal]] in [[Matunga]], [[Mumbai]].<ref name="express">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/atal-bihari-vajpayee-mumbai-sculptor-remembers-a-friend-5310852/|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Mumbai sculptor remembers a friend|date=17 August 2018|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>

He wrote a book of stories related to sculpting - ''Aakar A Story Of Sculptures''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Home|title=BookGanga - Creation {{!}} Publication {{!}} Distribution|website=www.bookganga.com|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
* "Gold Medal" received from Indian President [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]], for making a 9-foot sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi in 1954.<ref name="Shilpalay"/>
* The Art Society of India Award, 2009
* The Bombay Art Society Award, 2009

==Notable works==
[[File:NSS52.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Statue of Gandhi at National Salt Satyagraha Memorial, Dandi, Gujarat]]
* 16 feet bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at [[National Salt Satyagraha Memorial]], Dandi, Gujarat
* 9 feet bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi opposite [[Delhi Town Hall|Town Hall, Delhi]]
* 12 feet bronze statue of [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak|Lokmanya Tilak]] near Tilak Bridge, New Delhi
* [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Netaji Subhash]] Monument in Netaji Park, opposite Red Fort, Delhi
* Equestrian statue of [[Shivaji]] in Tikona Park, New Delhi
* Equestrian statue of [[Rani of Jhansi]] in [[Gwalior]]
* 18 feet equestrian statue of Shivaji at the Gateway of India, Bombay
* 7 feet marble statue of [[M. C. Chagla|Justice M.C. Chagla]] in Bombay High Court
* 18 feet equestrian statue of [[Chilarai]] in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
* Lasit Baraphukan Group Sculpture in Guwahati, Assam
* Veer Narnarayan memorial in Raipur, M.P.
* [[Nagendra Singh|Dr. Nagendra Singh's]] Bust at the [[International Court of Justice]] at The Hague
* Mahatma Gandhi Statue in Oslo, Norway
* Mahatma Gandhi bust in Rome
* Prince Philip's sculpture at Buckingham palace, London
* Lord Mountbatten's head sculpture in his personal collection
* [[Rajni Patel]] (Bombay)
* [[M. C. Chagla]], ([[Bombay High Court]])
* [[Ardeshir Godrej]] sculpture
* Mahatma Gandhi- [[Wardha]]
* [[Vinoba Bhave]] - Wardha

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[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male sculptors]]
[[Category:Artists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian sculptors]]
[[Category:Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art alumni]]

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