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{{Short description|Indian artist (1867–1944)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = M. V. Dhurandhar
| image = M. V. Dhurandhar, self portrait.jpg
| caption = Untitled self-portrait, {{circa|1928}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile of master artist M. V. Dhurandhar on Indiaart.com|url=https://www.indiaart.com/old-masters/M-V-Dhurandhar/Info-of-M-V-Dhurandhar.asp|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.indiaart.com}}</ref> [[Kolhapur State]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|6|1|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Category:M. V. Dhurandhar - Wikimedia Commons|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:M._V._Dhurandhar|access-date=2021-02-07|website=commons.wikimedia.org|language=en}}</ref> [[Bombay Presidency]], British India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
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| known_for = [[Painting]]
}}
'''Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar''' (18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944) was an Indian [[painting|painter]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121065801/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 January 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Promoting contemporary art | date=17 January 2008}}</ref> and postcard artist from the [[British Raj|British colonial era]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|title=Women Of India By M.v. Dhurandhar|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120061013/http://imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|archivedate=20 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among his most popular paintings are his illustrations of average colonial-era women.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215181411/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 December 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Still life to move art lovers | date=13 December 2007}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,.jpg|thumb|MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife]]
Dhurandhar was born in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]]. After schooling at Rajaram High School in Kolhapur, he was accepted into [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|J.J. School of Art, Bombay]] in 1890. There he was student of the artist [[John Griffiths (artist)|John Griffiths]]. As a student he won many medals for his work. He graduated in 1895<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224338/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Kipling's home may become a museum | date=5 March 2007}}</ref>

==Career==
After graduating from J. J. School of Art, Dhurandhar was offered a position at the same school in 1896 where he spent the rest of his career. In 1910, he was appointed as the Head Master. He was appointed Inspector of Drawing and Craft in 1918 and served in that position until 1931. He was the Vice-Principal for two years before retiring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719032155/http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2010 }}</ref>

===Style and Works===
His popular works include documenting the city of Bombay and its people, as well as painting scenes from Hindu mythology and [[Omar Khayyam]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Array-of-art/495900|title=Array of art|publisher=}}</ref> A prolific artist, Dhurandhar is said to have made some thousands of paintings and illustrations, including some that were turned into lithographic prints, such as his illustrations for the book ''Women of India'' by Otto Rothfield (1920).<ref>{{cite web|title=M. V. Dhurandhar|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|publisher=Images of Asia|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112419/http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dhurandhar also designed postcards, provided the illustrations for the S. M. Edwardes ''By-Ways of Bombay'' (1912) and C. A. Kincaid's ''Deccan Nursery Tales'', besides drawing cartoons for the Gujarati periodicals ''Aram'' and ''Bhoot''.<ref name="Mitter1994">{{cite book|author=Partha Mitter|title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA91|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44354-8|pages=91–}}</ref> He also made religious illustrations published by the Ravi Varma Press. He wrote an autobiography in Marathi about his years at the J.J. School. In 1926, he was commissioned by the ruler of [[Aundh State]], Maharaja [[Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi|Bhawanrao Pantpratinidhi]] to make paintings on the life of [[Shivaji]].<ref>http://ngmaindia.gov.in/pdf/Press-release-of-M-V-dhurandhar-exhibition.pdf</ref>

==Paintings==
<gallery>
File:Self Portrait of Painter.jpg|Self Portrait of Painter
File:Visami Sadi 1916 Magazine cover.jpg|Cover art of 1916 issue of Gujarati magazine
File:Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind.jpg|Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind
File:Maharani Tarabai of Karvir.jpg|A 1927 depiction of Tarabai in battle.
File:Lengha Choli.jpg|Lengha Choli
File:Radha and Krishna by DHURANDHAR MV.jpg|Radha and Krishna
File:Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg|Sheshashayi - Laxminarayan

</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author=Partha Mitter|title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA91|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44354-8|pages=91–}}
* Allan Life. "Picture Postcards by M.V. Dhurandhar: Scenes and Types of India-with a Difference," in ''Visual Resources'' (XVII, pp. 401–416, 2001).
* Dhurandhar, M. V. "Kalamandirantil Ekechalish Varsham" [Marathi autobiography] Bombay, 1940.

==External links==
{{commons category|M. V. Dhurandhar}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160120061013/http://imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php Paintings of M. V. Dhurandhar]
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Dhurandhar,+M.+V. | name=M. V. Dhurandhar}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar}}

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[[Category:Marathi people]]
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[[Category:People from Kolhapur]]
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