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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian painter (1936–2005)}}<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|03|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]], [[Bombay Presidency]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|12|06|1936|03|16}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai]]<br />
| known_for = [[Painting]]<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
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'''Prabhakar Barwe''' (16 March 1936 – 6 December 1995) was a pioneer of [[Modern Indian painting]]. He was active in Mumbai, India from the 1959 until his death on 6 December 1995. Influenced by the esoteric tradition of Tantric painting,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Thinking Tantra: Research Papers|year=2016|publisher=Drawing Room (Gallery), and Peninsula Arts Gallery (Plymouth, England)}}</ref> Barwe along with G. R. Santosh, P. T. Reddy, [[K.C.S. Paniker]], Biren De, Om Prakash, K. V. Haridasan, Prafulla Mohanti and Mahirwan Mamtani was considered part of the modernist movement Neo-Tantra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-25-ca-21297-story.html|title=A View Of India's Modern Tantric Art|website=LA Times|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the Academy of Fine Arts Award in Kolkata in 1963, the Bombay Art Society Award in 1964 and 1968, the Maharashtra State Award and the prestigious [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] Award in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/579542/thinking-artist.html|title=Thinking artist|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref><br />
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He died in Bombay on 6 December 1995.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Prabhakar Barwe|title=Osian's Forty Masterpieces: The Masterpieces and Museum-Quality Series|year=2006|publisher=Mapin Publishing Group|isbn=978-1890206833|author=Neville Tuli|page=178}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
Drawing Room (Gallery), and Peninsula Arts Gallery (Plymouth, England). 2016. Thinking Tantra: research papers.<br />
Pinto, Jerry. 2013. The Blank Canvas: Prabhakar Barwe. Mumbai: Bodhana<br />
Barwe, Prabhakar. 1992. Gallery Chemould presents an exhibition of paintings and water colours by Prabhakar Barwe: 25 February to 14 March 1992. [Bombay]: [Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery].<br />
Jehangir Art Gallery (Bombay). 1992. Prabhakar Barwe. Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery.<br />
Khanna, Balraj, and Aziz Kurtha. 1998. Art of Modern India. London: Thames & Hudson.<br />
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==Exhibitions selected solo exhibition==<br />
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*2013 Percept Art, Mumbai, India<br />
*1982 Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, India<br />
*1968 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India<br />
*1967 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India<br />
*1963 Book Bay Gallery, Wisconsin, USA<br />
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==Selected group exhibitions==<br />
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*2015 Abby Grey and Indian Modernism: Selections from the NYU Art Collection, [[Grey Art Gallery]], New York University, New York, USA<br />
*2012 One Eye Sees, the Other, Feels, The Viewing Room, Mumbai, India<br />
*2010 Legacy: A-Vanguard, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, India<br />
*2010 Masters of Maharashtra, [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)]], Mumbai, India<br />
*1993 Reflections and Images, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India (1993)<br />
*1983 Modern Indian Paintings, [[Hirshhorn Museum]], Washington D.C, USA<br />
*1977 Pictorial Space, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India<br />
*1975 Inaugural Exhibition, [[Grey Art Gallery]], New York University, USA<br />
*1975 Third India Triennale, New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, India<br />
*1970 Indian Painters, Gallery Coray, Zurich, Switzerland<br />
*1970 Indian Painters, Hamburg, Germany<br />
*1969 Man and His World, Indian Pavilion, Montreal Worlds Fair, Canada<br />
*1969 5th International Young Artists Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.bodhana.org/archives/prabhakar-barwe.aspx]<br />
*[http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.56.html/2012/modern-and-contemporary-south-asian-art-n08889?sort=lotnum]<br />
*[https://drawingroom.org.uk/uploads/secure/Tantric_Research_Papers_web_op.pdf]<br />
*[http://www.artblogazine.com/2012/03/feeling-presence-in-absence-remembering.html]<br />
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