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	Employing some techniques from the Indian tradition of [[sand painting]], Bhavsar paints in an improvisational manner, "soaking the canvas with acrylic-based liquid binders that absorb and hold the fine pigment powder. He applies the base using a sifting technique with a screen, during which layers of fine, concentrated pigment are sprinkled and drizzled over the canvas (or paper), which is laid out on the floor so that the artist can walk around the painting and work on it from all sides."<ref>Genocchio, Benjamin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06artsnj.html?fta=y ''The Details Are in the Beauty ''], Art Review, New York Times, May 6, 2007</ref>		Employing some techniques from the Indian tradition of [[sand painting]], Bhavsar paints in an improvisational manner, "soaking the canvas with acrylic-based liquid binders that absorb and hold the fine pigment powder. He applies the base using a sifting technique with a screen, during which layers of fine, concentrated pigment are sprinkled and drizzled over the canvas (or paper), which is laid out on the floor so that the artist can walk around the painting and work on it from all sides."<ref>Genocchio, Benjamin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06artsnj.html?fta=y ''The Details Are in the Beauty ''], Art Review, New York Times, May 6, 2007</ref>

	Bhavsar primarily shows his work at ~~the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in~~ New York and the ACP Viviane Ehrli Gallery in Zurich, Switzerland, along with Pundole Art Gallery in Bombay, India. He has been exhibiting his works in one-man shows since 1970. In 2007, the [[Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum]] at [[Rutgers University]] sponsored an exhibition of about 50 of ~~Bhavsar’s~~ works. It was the first United States university to hold a one-man show of a South Asian artist.<ref name=zim>{{cite web \|title=Natvar Bhavsar: The Dimensions of Color \|url=http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/natvar-bhavsar-dimensions-color#.UZGrKKJTCHg \|date=July 2007 \|publisher=Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum \|access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>		Bhavsar primarily shows his work at Aicon, New York, and the ACP Viviane Ehrli Gallery in Zurich, Switzerland, along with Pundole Art Gallery in Bombay, India. He has been exhibiting his works in one-man shows since 1970. In 2007, the [[Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum]] at [[Rutgers University]] sponsored an exhibition of about 50 of Bhavsar's works. It was the first United States university to hold a one-man show of a South Asian artist.<ref name=zim>{{cite web \|title=Natvar Bhavsar: The Dimensions of Color \|url=http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/natvar-bhavsar-dimensions-color#.UZGrKKJTCHg \|date=July 2007 \|publisher=Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum \|access-date=May 14, 2013 \|archive-date=September 23, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923011802/http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/natvar-bhavsar-dimensions-color#.UZGrKKJTCHg \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	Earlier in his career, Bhavsar was a [[Asian Cultural Council\|John D. Rockefeller III Fund]] Fellow (1965 –1966), a [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\|Guggenheim Foundation]] Fellow (1975 – 1976), and an ~~Instructor~~ of ~~Art~~ at the [[University of Rhode Island]] (1967 – 1969). In 1980 and 1983, he participated in Executive Seminars at the Aspen Institute and, more recently, participated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland (2000) and New York (2002). Throughout his career, Bhavsar has associated with a number of acclaimed artists, most prominently, [[Mark Rothko]] (1903 – 1970) and [[Barnett Newman]] (1905 – 1970).		Earlier in his career, Bhavsar was a [[Asian Cultural Council\|John D. Rockefeller III Fund]] Fellow (1965 –1966), a [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\|Guggenheim Foundation]] Fellow (1975 – 1976), and an instructor of art at the [[University of Rhode Island]] (1967 – 1969). In 1980 and 1983, he participated in Executive Seminars at the Aspen Institute and, more recently, participated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland (2000) and New York (2002). Throughout his career, Bhavsar has associated with a number of acclaimed artists, most prominently, [[Mark Rothko]] (1903 – 1970) and [[Barnett Newman]] (1905 – 1970).

	Bhasvar has been included in the [[Asian American Arts Centre]]'s artasiamerica digital archive.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://artasiamerica.org/artist/detail/48\|title=Bhavsar, Natvar\|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>		Bhasvar has been included in the [[Asian American Arts Centre]]'s artasiamerica digital archive.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://artasiamerica.org/artist/detail/48\|title=Bhavsar, Natvar\|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Bhavsar married American artist and photographer Janet Brosious Bhavsar in 1978, and they have twin sons.<ref name=toi>{{cite news \|title=Monumental Love \|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2011-10-08~~/ahmedabad/~~30257522_1_ahmedabad~~-~~photographer-sites~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-08/ahmedabad/30257522_1_ahmedabad-photographer-sites \|url-status=~~dead~~ \|archive-date=January 10, 2014 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=October 8, 2011 }}</ref> The Bhavsars met in art class in the early 1960s, and she drove him to New York City on his first visit in 1963 to look at Picasso paintings at the [[Museum of Modern Art]].		Bhavsar married American artist and photographer Janet Brosious Bhavsar in 1978, and they have twin sons.<ref name=toi>{{cite news \|title=Monumental Love \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Monumental-Love/articleshow/10274401.cms \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-08/ahmedabad/30257522_1_ahmedabad-photographer-sites \|url-status=live \|archive-date=January 10, 2014 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|date=October 8, 2011 }}</ref> The Bhavsars met in art class in the early 1960s, and she drove him to New York City on his first visit in 1963 to look at Picasso paintings at the [[Museum of Modern Art]].

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'''Natvar Bhavsar''' (born 1934) is an [[India]]n-American artist, based in [[Soho]], [[New York City]] for nearly 50 years,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhavsar, Natvar (American, born India 1934) |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_bhavsarnatvar.htm |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref> noted as an [[abstract expressionist]] and [[color field]] artist.

Bhavsar's paintings appear in more than 800 private and public collections, including the collections of the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]], the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York, the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in New York, the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney|Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Sydney, Australia, the [[Library of Congress]], NYU's Grey Art Gallery, and the [[Australian National Gallery]]. In addition, his works have been purchased and displayed by corporations such as the American Express Company, AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, and NBC. Bhavsar and his works have been the subject of books, including: ''Natvar Bhavsar: The Sound of Color,'' ([[Robert C. Morgan]], 2002) and ''Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color,'' ([[Irving Sandler]], 1999).

==Early life and education==
Bhavsar is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YStfwHuo32A|title=Indian- American artist Natvar Bhavsar reveals the essence of his art|date=September 20, 2017|accessdate=January 1, 2021|website=YouTube}}</ref> Born 1934<ref name=zim/> in village [[Gothava]], near [[Visnagar]] in [[Gujarat]],<ref name=toi/> India to a wealthy family, he studied at the Seth CN College of Fine Arts in [[Ahmedabad]]. He also graduated in English literature from [[Gujarat University]]. Bhavsar earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Design]] in 1965, and received a Rockefeller grant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.natvarbhavsar.com/?page_id=18 |publisher=Basvar website |access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Guj painter too pricey for India!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-05/ahmedabad/28367633_1_painting-art-world-zimmerli-art-museum |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121826/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-05/ahmedabad/28367633_1_painting-art-world-zimmerli-art-museum |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |date= January 5, 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
Bhavsar attained prominence as an artist in India by age 19, working primarily in the [[Cubist]] vein. After moving to New York City, he became influenced by the freedom of abstract painting. His style evolved into [[abstract expressionism]] and color field painting, and his works often feature a hazy object (absent of direct lines or geometric shapes) in the center of a solid canvas, that projects an astral-like mass of color.

Employing some techniques from the Indian tradition of [[sand painting]], Bhavsar paints in an improvisational manner, "soaking the canvas with acrylic-based liquid binders that absorb and hold the fine pigment powder. He applies the base using a sifting technique with a screen, during which layers of fine, concentrated pigment are sprinkled and drizzled over the canvas (or paper), which is laid out on the floor so that the artist can walk around the painting and work on it from all sides."<ref>Genocchio, Benjamin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06artsnj.html?fta=y ''The Details Are in the Beauty ''], Art Review, New York Times, May 6, 2007</ref>

Bhavsar primarily shows his work at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York and the ACP Viviane Ehrli Gallery in Zurich, Switzerland, along with Pundole Art Gallery in Bombay, India. He has been exhibiting his works in one-man shows since 1970. In 2007, the [[Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum]] at [[Rutgers University]] sponsored an exhibition of about 50 of Bhavsar’s works. It was the first United States university to hold a one-man show of a South Asian artist.<ref name=zim>{{cite web |title=Natvar Bhavsar: The Dimensions of Color |url=http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/natvar-bhavsar-dimensions-color#.UZGrKKJTCHg |date=July 2007 |publisher=Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum |access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>

Earlier in his career, Bhavsar was a [[Asian Cultural Council|John D. Rockefeller III Fund]] Fellow (1965 –1966), a [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]] Fellow (1975 – 1976), and an Instructor of Art at the [[University of Rhode Island]] (1967 – 1969). In 1980 and 1983, he participated in Executive Seminars at the Aspen Institute and, more recently, participated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland (2000) and New York (2002). Throughout his career, Bhavsar has associated with a number of acclaimed artists, most prominently, [[Mark Rothko]] (1903 – 1970) and [[Barnett Newman]] (1905 – 1970).

Bhasvar has been included in the [[Asian American Arts Centre]]'s artasiamerica digital archive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artasiamerica.org/artist/detail/48|title=Bhavsar, Natvar|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, a documentary on his life and works, ''The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar, a Painter's Journey'' was made by Sundaram Tagore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian colours on American soil |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-04/art-culture/29379357_1_art-world-natvar-bhavsar-documentary-film |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121424/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-04/art-culture/29379357_1_art-world-natvar-bhavsar-documentary-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |date= April 4, 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bhavsar married American artist and photographer Janet Brosious Bhavsar in 1978, and they have twin sons.<ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Monumental Love |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-08/ahmedabad/30257522_1_ahmedabad-photographer-sites |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091623/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-08/ahmedabad/30257522_1_ahmedabad-photographer-sites |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=October 8, 2011 }}</ref> The Bhavsars met in art class in the early 1960s, and she drove him to New York City on his first visit in 1963 to look at Picasso paintings at the [[Museum of Modern Art]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Ratcliff, C. ''Mutability and Metaphor Radiant clouds of color typify the work of abstract painter Natvar Bhavsar'', Art in America, 2003, Vol 91; Part 12, pages 80–83
*Sandler, Irving, ''Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color'', Fine Art Publishing (March 1999), {{ISBN|90-5704-061-1}}

==External links==
* [http://www.natvarbhavsar.com/ Natvar Basvar, website]
*[http://www.artnet.com/artist/2439/natvar-bhavsar.html Natvar Bhavsar] on [[artnet]]
*[http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jan/15inter.htm ''Our Religion is Imbued with Color''], Interview: Natvar Bhavsar, [[Rediff]], January 15, 2004

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