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{{Infobox artist
| name = Vasudeo S. Gaitonde
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| birth_date = 1924
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]]
| death_date = 10 August 2001 (aged 77)
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = [[Abstract painting]]
| training = [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]]
| movement = [[Abstract Expressionism]]
| notable_works =
| patrons =
| awards = [[Rockefeller Fellowship]] 1964<br/> [[Padma Shri]] 1971
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'''Vasudeo S. Gaitonde''' ('''V. S. Gaitonde''') (1924–2001) was regarded as one of [[India]]'s foremost [[abstract painter]]s.<ref name=nagtoi/> He received the [[Padma Shri|Padma Shri Award]] in 1971.

==Early life and education==
Gaitonde was born in 1924, in [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], to [[Goa]]n parents. He completed his art diploma at [[Sir J. J. School of Art]] in 1948, and in 1950 was invited to join the influential [[Bombay Progressive Artists' Group]].<ref name=comp/>

==Career==
Impressed by his work, Vasudev was invited to join the Progressive Artists Group of Bombay formed in 1947 by artists like [[Francis Newton Souza]] and [[S. H. Raza]] and [[Maqbool Fida Husain]].<ref name=comp>{{cite web | title = Vasudeo S. Gaitonde | url = http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/vasudeo_s_gaitonde.htm | publisher = contemporaryindianart | access-date = 25 January 2014 | archive-date = 11 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040552/http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/vasudeo_s_gaitonde.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> He actively participated in the activities of the group. He had several exhibitions held in India as well as in foreign countries.

In 1956, he participated in the Indian art exhibition, which was held in Eastern European countries. He also participated in other group exhibitions held at the Graham Art Gallery, New York, in 1959 and 1963. Gaitonde's abstract works are produced in many Indian and overseas collections including the [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York.

In 1957, he was awarded the first prize at the Young Asian Artists Exhibition, Tokyo and the [[Rockefeller Fellowship]] followed in 1964.<ref name=comp/> In 1971, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

He lived and worked in [[Nizamuddin East]] area of Delhi,<ref name=comp/> and died in 2001, in obscurity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/c/10130132|title=Clipping of Indian Express - Chandigarh|website=epaper.indianexpress.com|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref>

==Style==
″A quiet man and a painter of the quiet reaches of the imagination" as one of his admirers once called him, defines Gaitonde best, who has the appearance of an intellectual, literally simmering with some unexplored thought. Conceptually, he never considered himself an abstract painter and is averse to be called one. In fact he asserts that there is no such thing as abstract painting, instead he refers to his work as "non-objective" a kind of personalised hieroglyphics and calligraphic inventions, evoking the surface painted on with the most astounding intuitions, which he has realised in his inevitable meeting, in discovering Zen. The meditative Zen quality that transpires his speech, emoting silence is exemplified in his work best, as silence is eternal and meaningful in itself, from this point one does tend to identify the mysterious motifs, the highly personalised hieroglyphs in Gaitonde's canvasses with the manifestation of intuitions, invested in their His work is influenced by [[Zen]] philosophy and ancient [[calligraphy]].

==Legacy==
V. S. Gaitonde was the first Indian contemporary painter whose work was sold for {{INRConvert|9|m}} at a 2005 Osians art auction in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web | title = Boom time for Indian modern art | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4255295.stm
| access-date = 25 January 2014|date=11 February 2005| work = BBC News}}</ref> In 2013, one of Gaitonde's untitled painting sold for {{INRConvert|237|m}}, set a record for an Indian artist at [[Christie's]] debut auction in India.<ref>{{cite web | title = Gaitonde $3.8 Million Work Sets Indian Artist Record|publisher= Bloomberg | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-19/gaitonde-3-8-million-work-sets-indian-artist-record.html |date=20 December 2011| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = At Rs 23.7 crore, VS Gaitonde sets record for an Indian artist| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-20/india/45416493_1_tyeb-mehta-khorshed-gandhy-indian-art-mart | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221074654/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-20/india/45416493_1_tyeb-mehta-khorshed-gandhy-indian-art-mart | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 December 2013 |date=20 December 2013| work = [[The Times of India]]| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref> After the media reports of the auction interest in his work has grown, even at his birthplace Nagpur, where his painting till then lying at warehouse of [[Nagpur Central Museum|Central Museum, Nagpur]] was sent for restoration. It was put on public display in January 2014.<ref name=nagtoi>{{cite web | title = Gaitonde's painting worth 20 crore on display | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-24/people/46561638_1_art-lovers-art-sale-south-asian-art | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202173314/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-24/people/46561638_1_art-lovers-art-sale-south-asian-art | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 February 2014 |date=24 January 2014| work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 25 January 2014 }}</ref>

In October 2014, the first retrospective of his work took place at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in New York, titled ''V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life''.<ref>{{cite web | title = V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life | url = http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life |publisher=guggenheim.org| access-date = 25 January 2014 | first = Javier | last = Barrera }}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
*1949 Progressive Art Group Exhibition, Bombay Art Society Salon, Bombay.
*1956 Indian Art Exhibition, Eastern Europe.
*1957 5,000 Years of Indian Art, Essex.
*1957 Young Asian Artists, Tokyo.
*1958, 59, 63 Group shows in London and New York.
*1965 Solo exhibition in New York.
*1966, 67, 70, 73, 74, 77, 80 Solo exhibition in Bombay.
*1982 [[Contemporary Indian Art (Exhibition)|Contemporary Indian Art]] at the Festival of India, London.
*2014 V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life, [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in New York.<ref>http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/v-s-gaitonde-painting-as-process-painting-as-life</ref>

==Collections==
*[[National Gallery of Modern Art]], New Delhi.
*[[Lalit Kala Akademi]], New Delhi.
*[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Mumbai.
*[[Museum of Modern Art]], New York.
*Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.
*Mr. Bal Chhabda, Mumbai.
*Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai, ([[Prince of Wales Museum]])

==Awards==
*1950 Silver Medal, [[Bombay Art Society]], Bombay.
*1957 Young Asian Artists Award, Tokyo.
*1971 [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 1971<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref>
*1964–65 [[Rockefeller Fellowship]], USA
* 1989–90 [[Kalidas Samman]], Government of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{cite web |title=Kalidas Award Holders (Plastic Art) |url=http://www.mpculture.in/html/kalidasaward-plasticart.asp |access-date=25 January 2014 |publisher=Department of Culture, [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] |archive-date=18 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018002614/http://www.mpculture.in/html/kalidasaward-plasticart.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==List of major works==
* [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] Study – 1959

==See also==
* [[F. N. Souza]]
* [[Vamona Navelcar]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.saffronart.com/artists/v-gaitonde "V S Gaitonde Profile,Interview and Artworks"]
* [http://ngmaindia.gov.in/artist.asp?artistid=34 Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, National Gallery of Modern Art]
*[http://www.theartstrust.com/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=196&name=Vasudeo%20S.%20Gaitonde%20(Late) Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070112/http://theartstrust.com/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=196&name=vasudeo%20s.%20gaitonde%20(late) |date=5 March 2016 }}
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/11/stories/1411218a.htm ''Grand Old Man of art passes away'', The Hindu, August 11, 2001]
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb112005/n36.asp ''Gaitonde abstract fetches Rs 92 lakh'', Deccan Herald, Feb 11, 2005]

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