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'''Antonio Piedade da Cruz''' | '''Antonio Piedade da Cruz''' (22 August 1895 – 1982) was a 20th-century Indian painter and sculptor.<ref>J. Clement Vaz, "Profiles of Eminent Goans Past and Present", Concept Publishing Company, 1997, {{ISBN|9788170226192}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and background== | ==Early life and background== | ||
He was born on 22 August 1895 in the village of [[Velim, Goa|Velim]] in [[ | He was born on 22 August 1895 in the village of [[Velim, Goa|Velim]] in then [[Portuguese India]] and joined [[Bombay]]'s [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art]] in 1916. Cruzo studied under Gladstone Salomon, [[M. V. Dhurandhar]] and Agoskar, and graduated in 1920. He went on to study in Europe, applied to the [[Berlin University of the Arts]] and won a scholarship and the status of "Master Student" (Meisterschüler). He studied there from 1922 under [[Arthur Kampf]], Ferdinand Spiegel and Paul Plontke. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 20 May 2022
Antonio Piedade da Cruz (22 August 1895 – 1982) was a 20th-century Indian painter and sculptor.[1]
Early life and background[edit | edit source]
He was born on 22 August 1895 in the village of Velim in then Portuguese India and joined Bombay's Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in 1916. Cruzo studied under Gladstone Salomon, M. V. Dhurandhar and Agoskar, and graduated in 1920. He went on to study in Europe, applied to the Berlin University of the Arts and won a scholarship and the status of "Master Student" (Meisterschüler). He studied there from 1922 under Arthur Kampf, Ferdinand Spiegel and Paul Plontke.
Career[edit | edit source]
Cruzo caught the attention of the Portuguese Ambassador in Berlin when he, after a German newspaper described him as "Portuguese from India", asked the paper to rectify, insisting that he was "pure Indian". With the support of the Ambassador, Cruzo held his first solo exhibition in Lisbon in October 1925. He returned to India following a request by the Maharaja of Travancore.
Cruzo settled in Bombay and became well known as a sculptor and portrait painter both among Indian royalty and the expatriate elite. Among the people who sat for his portraits were Philip Chetwode, Louis Mountbatton, Lallubhai Samaldas and Purshottamdas Thakurdas.
His "Cruzo Studio" in Brabourne Stadium became an important meeting place, including for members of the Goa liberation movement. Despite Cruzo's entries with the rich and famous, his main work focused on poverty and social injustice as well as hard-working farmers and fishermen. He also painted colourful allegories and nudes.
A meeting with Mahatma Gandhi gave Cruzo fresh inspiration and from then onwards, political themes dominated his work, first the struggle for independence, partition and later the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Vietnam War. Cruzo died in 1982 but remains one of Goa's most notable artists.[2][3][4]
After years of oblivion, Cruzo's work is being rediscovered. In 2016, Ranjit Hoskote curated an exhibition of 16 oil paintings by Cruzo at the Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts[5] and a website was set up to gather existing media and information about the artist.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ J. Clement Vaz, "Profiles of Eminent Goans Past and Present", Concept Publishing Company, 1997, ISBN 9788170226192
- ↑ Vamona A.S. Navelkar, The Flowering of Goan Art The Navhind Times, 7 September 2008,
- ↑ The Flowering of Goan Art, Asian Art Newspaper, April 2012, http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/article/flowering-goan-art Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Needing "no special introduction to art lovers" according to Naguesh Rao Sardessai, p.22, Viva Goa Magazine, May 2011, http://issuu.com/vivagoaonline/docs/may_2011
- ↑ Ranjit Hoskote, The Quest for Cruzo, http://scroll.in/article/810483/the-quest-for-cruzo-remembering-a-bombay-artist-who-painted-the-rich-but-identified-with-the-poor