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{{Infobox artist
| name = Tyeb Mehta
| image =Tyeb Mehta.jpg
| image_size =280px
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|07
|26}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/tyeb-mehta|title=Tyeb Mehta|access-date=2 July 2009}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kapadvanj]], Gujarat, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|07|02|1925|07|26}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-02/india/28195404_1_tyeb-mehta-crore-barrier-sir-j-j-school|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811142209/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-02/india/28195404_1_tyeb-mehta-crore-barrier-sir-j-j-school|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Noted artist Tayyb Mehta dies|access-date=2 July 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 July 2009}}</ref>
| death_place = Mumbai, India
| nationality = Indian
| field = Painting
| training = [[Sir J.J. School of Art]] (1952)
| works = ''[[Celebration (painting)|Celebration]]''<br />''[[Kali (painting)|Kali]]''
| awards = [[Kalidas Samman]] (1988)<br>[[Padma Bhushan]] (2007)
}}
'''Tyeb Mehta''' (26 July 1925 – 2 July 2009) was an Indian painter, sculptor and film maker. He was part of the [[Bombay Progressive Artists' Group]] and the first [[post-colonial]] generation of artists in India, like John Wilkins who also broke free from the nationalist [[Bengal school]] and embraced [[Modernism]] instead, with its [[post-impressionist]] colours, [[cubist]] forms and [[wikt:brusque|brusque]], [[expressionistic]] styles.

Among his most noted later paintings were his [[triptych]] ''[[Celebration (painting)|Celebration]]'', which when sold for Rs 15 million ($317,500) at a [[Christie's]] auction in 2002, was not only the highest sum for an Indian painting at an international auction, but also triggered the subsequent great Indian art boom;{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}} his other noted works were the 'Diagonal Series', ''Santiniketan triptych'' series, ''[[Kali (painting)|Kali]]'', ''Mahishasura'' (1996).<ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-40764420090702 Artist Tyeb Mehta dies after long illness] [[Reuters]], 2 July 2009.</ref> He stayed and worked in [[Mumbai]] for much of his life, except for three spells at London, New York, and [[Santiniketan]], each having a distinct impact upon his work. He received several awards during his career including the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007.<ref name=nin>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811142203/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-03/india/28178801_1_tyeb-mehta-koodal-rickshaw-puller Tyeb Mehta stood for hope over hype] Nina Martyris, [[Times of India]], 3 July 2009.</ref><ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET-Cetera/Artist-Tyeb-Mehta-passes-away/articleshow/4730972.cms Tyeb Mehta, who weaved metaphor into images passes away] [[The Economic Times]], 3 July 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tyeb-mehta-was-indias-most-expensive-living-artist-also-its-finest/362810/ Tyeb Mehta was India’s most expensive living artist, also its finest] Kishore Singh, [[Business Standard]], 3 July 2009.</ref>

==Early life and education==
Tyeb Mehta was born on 26 July 1925 in [[Kapadvanj]], a town of [[Kheda district]], the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000056541|title=Mehta, Tyeb {{!}} Grove Art|language=en|doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T056541|access-date=2018-08-08}}</ref> He was brought up in the [[Crawford Market]] neighbourhood of Mumbai, populated by [[Dawoodi Bohras]]. At 22 years, during the [[Partition of India|partition]] riots of 1947 in Mumbai, while staying at Lehri House, Mohammed Ali Road, he witnessed a man being stoned to death by a mob, this he not only expressed in a drawing but it was to have lasting impact on his work, leading to stark and often disturbing depiction of his subjects.<ref name=nin/><ref>''Svaraj: a journey with Tyeb Mehta's "Shantiniketan triptych"''. by [[Ramchandra Gandhi]]. Vadehra Art Gallery, 2002. {{ISBN|81-87737-02-6}}. ''Page 60''</ref>

For a while initially, he worked as a film editor in a cinema laboratory at Famous Studios, in [[Tardeo]], Mumbai. Later, he received his diploma from [[Sir J.J. School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]] in 1952, and was part of the [[Bombay Progressive Artists' Group]], which drew stylistic inspiration from Western [[Modernism]], and included greats of Indian paintings such as [[F.N. Souza]], [[S.H. Raza]] and [[M.F. Husain]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I-dont-paint-for-money-Tyeb-Mehta/articleshow/4654123.cms 'I don't paint for money'] [[The Times of India]], 14 June 2009.</ref>

==Career==
He left for London in 1959, where he worked and lived till 1964. Thereafter, he visited the New York City, when he was awarded a fellowship from the [[Asian Cultural Council|John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund]] in 1968.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024054216/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-20/news-interviews/27324810_1_tyeb-mehta-filmfare-critic-s-award-film-editor Tyeb Mehta: From filmmaker to painter] [[The Times of India]], 20 September 2002.</ref> During the years the artist spent in London, Mehta's style was influenced by the expressionist works of Francis Bacon, but while in New York his work came to be characterised by minimalism.<ref>Tully, Judd. "[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33077/tyeb-mehta/ Tyeb Mehta]" ''[[Art+Auction]]'', November 2009.</ref> He made a three-minute film, ''Koodal'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] for 'meeting place'), which he shot at the [[Bandra]] slaughter house, it won the [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Critics Award]] in 1970.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> He also remained an Artist-in-Residence at the [[Santiniketan]] between 1984–85, and returned to Mumbai with significant changes in his work. Common themes of his works were trussed bulls, the rickshaw puller, from here he moved to the ''Diagonal series'', which he created through the 1970s, after accidentally discovering it in 1969, when in a moment of creative frustration he flung a black streak across his canvas.<ref name=nin/> Later in life, he added ''Falling Figures'' made in 1991, based on his experience of witnessing the violent death of a man in the street during the [[Partition of India]] riots of 1947,<ref>{{cite web | title = Christie's First India Auction Offers Lots from The Gandhys' Collection |publisher= BLOUIN [[Art+Auction]] magazine| url = http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/987054/christies-first-india-auction-offers-lots-from-the-gandhys |date=20 November 2013| access-date = 24 May 2014}}</ref> Besides adding several mythological figures into his work, highlighted by the depictions of goddess [[Kali]] and demon [[Mahishasura]].<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=259876 Tyeb Mehta passes away] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709150919/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=259876 |date=9 July 2009 }} Press Trust of India, [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]], 2 July 2009.</ref>

Tyeb Mehta held the then record for the highest price an [[Indian painting]] has ever sold for at auction ($317,500 USD or 15 million [[Indian rupee]]s) for ''[[Celebration (painting)|Celebration]]'' at [[Christie's]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Rajamani
|first = Radhika
|url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/22/stories/2003012200460100.htm
|title = Artist for all times
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|date = 23 January 2003
|access-date = 17 June 2006
}}</ref> In May 2005, his painting ''[[Kali (painting)|Kali]]'' sold for 10 million [[Indian rupee]]s (approximately equal to 230,000 US dollars) at Indian auction house [[Saffronart]]'s online auction.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-05-20/india/27858455_1_saffronart-tyeb-mehta-painting
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025918/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-05-20/india/27858455_1_saffronart-tyeb-mehta-painting
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 13 July 2011
|work = [[The Times of India]]
|title = Tyeb Metha's ''Kali'' fetches Rs 1 crore
|date = 20 May 2005
}}</ref> A reinterpretation of the tale of demon [[Mahishasura]] by Mehta showing goddess [[Durga]] locked in an embrace with the demon sold for $1.584 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may282006/sundayherald1132172006527.asp |title=Bull run in art bazaar |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=28 May 2005 |access-date=17 June 2006 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Sengupta
|first = Somini
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/arts/design/24tyeb.html?ex=1295758800&en=50eb5eb53269a7ea&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
|title = Indian Artist Enjoys His World Audience
|work = [[New York Times]]
|date = 26 January 2006
|access-date = 17 June 2006
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/sep/22look.htm
|title = Tyeb Mehta painting fetches $1.54 million
|work = [[Rediff.com]]
|date = 22 September 2005
|access-date = 17 June 2006
}}</ref> In 2008 one of his paintings sold for $2 million.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/arts/04mehta.html
|title = Tyeb Mehta, Painter of Emerging India, Dies at 84
|work = [[New York Times]]
|date = 4 July 2009
|access-date = 23 July 2009
| first=Holland
| last=Cotter
}}</ref>

In December 2005, Mehta's painting ''Gesture'' was sold for 31 million Indian rupees to Ranjit Malkani, chairman of Kuomi Travel, at the Osian's auction. That made it the highest price ever paid by an Indian for a work of Indian contemporary art at auction in India at the time.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/05tyeb.htm
|title = Tyeb Mehta painting sold for Rs. 3.1 crore
|work = [[Rediff.com]]
|date = 5 December 2005
|access-date = 17 June 2006
}}</ref>

Mehta's were the first works by a contemporary Indian artist to sell for over a million dollars, and indicated a burgeoning interest in Indian art by the international market; as a result, Mehta became a cultural hero.<ref name=nyt/>

==Personal life==
Tyeb Mehta spent most of life in Mumbai and later in life stayed at [[Lokhandwala]], [[Mumbai]]. He died on 2 July 2009 at a Mumbai hospital following a heart attack.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-India&id=e87d9668-b8e9-4f54-ade3-54c0e650a41c&Headline=Tyeb+Mehta+dead Tyeb Mehta dead] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709203359/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-India&id=e87d9668-b8e9-4f54-ade3-54c0e650a41c&Headline=Tyeb+Mehta+dead |date=9 July 2009 }} ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. Retrieved on 3 July 2009.</ref> He is survived by his wife, Sakina, their son, Yusuf, and daughter, Himani and a number of grandchildren. He loved the works of master architect [[Bijoy Jain]].{{fact|date=August 2021}}

==Awards==
He received a fellowship from the [[Asian Cultural Council|John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund]] in 1968, also in the same year, a gold medal for paintings at the first Triennial in New Delhi, and in 1974 the Prix Nationale at the International Festival of Painting in [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]],<ref name=nyt/> France, the [[Kalidas Samman]], instituted by the [[Madhya Pradesh]] Government, in 1988, the Dayawati Modi Foundation Award for Art, Culture, and Education in 2005,<ref name=nyt/> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007. His film 'Koodal' was awarded the Filmfare Critics' Award in 1970.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

Mehta's work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, and the [[Hirshhorn Museum]]. A career retrospective is scheduled for later 2009 at the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], in New Delhi.<ref name=nyt/>

==Bibliography==
* ''Tyeb Mehta: Ideas Images Exchanges'', by Tyeb Mehta, [[Ranjit Hoskote]], Roshan Shahani. Publisher: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2008. {{ISBN|81-87737-05-0}}.

==Further reading==
* ''Tyeb Mehta'', by Georgina and Ulli Beier. Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1977.
* ''Svaraj: a journey with Tyeb Mehta's "Shantiniketan triptych"'', by [[Ramchandra Gandhi]]. Vadehra Art Gallery, 2002. {{ISBN|81-87737-02-6}}.

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

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430040130/http://tyebmehta.org/ Tyeb Mehta, Tribute site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071007132037/http://www.theartstrust.com/big_investment_image.aspx Tyeb Mehta- List of Most expensive Indian Paintings]
*[http://www.theartstrust.com/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=170&name=Tyeb%20Mehta Tyeb Mehta Profile]

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