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{{Short description|Indian artist (1867–1944)}}
{{Short description|Indian painter (1867–1944)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| honorific_prefix = [[Rao Bahadur]]
| name            = M. V. Dhurandhar
| name            = M. V. Dhurandhar
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|FRSA|size=100}}
| image            = M. V. Dhurandhar, self portrait.jpg
| image            = M. V. Dhurandhar, self portrait.jpg
| caption          = Untitled self-portrait, {{circa|1928}}
| caption          = Self-portrait, {{circa|1928}}
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Kolhapur]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile of master artist M. V. Dhurandhar on Indiaart.com|url=https://www.indiaart.com/old-masters/M-V-Dhurandhar/Info-of-M-V-Dhurandhar.asp|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.indiaart.com}}</ref> [[Kolhapur State]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
| birth_place      = [[Kolhapur]], [[Kolhapur State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]], India)
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1944|6|1|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1944|6|1|1867|3|18|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[Mumbai|Bombay]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Category:M. V. Dhurandhar - Wikimedia Commons|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:M._V._Dhurandhar|access-date=2021-02-07|website=commons.wikimedia.org|language=en}}</ref> [[Bombay Presidency]], British India
| death_place      = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India)
| nationality      = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater      = [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]], Mumbai
| training        =
| works            = {{ubl|''Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind''|''Radha-Krishna''|''Sheshashayi-Laxminarayan''}}
| works            =  
| awards          = {{ubl|[[Rao Bahadur]]|[[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]]}}
| patrons          =
| children        = [[Ambika Dhurandhar]]
| awards          =  
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| known_for        = [[Painting]]
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'''Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar''' (18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944) was an Indian [[painting|painter]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121065801/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 January 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Promoting contemporary art | date=17 January 2008}}</ref> and postcard artist from the [[British Raj|British colonial era]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|title=Women Of India By M.v. Dhurandhar|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120061013/http://imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|archivedate=20 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among his most popular paintings are his illustrations of average colonial-era women.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215181411/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 December 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Still life to move art lovers | date=13 December 2007}}</ref>
[[Rao Bahadur]] '''Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar''' {{Postnominals|country=GBR|FRSA|size=100}} (18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944) was an Indian painter<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121065801/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 January 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Promoting contemporary art | date=17 January 2008}}</ref> and postcard artist from the [[British Raj|British colonial era]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|title=Women Of India By M.v. Dhurandhar|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120061013/http://imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php|archivedate=20 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among his most popular paintings are his illustrations of common colonial-era women.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215181411/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350940200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 December 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Still life to move art lovers | date=13 December 2007}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
[[File:M V Dhurandhar.jpg|thumb|left]]
Dhurandhar was born in a [[Pathare Prabhu]] family<ref>{{cite book|author=Partha Mitter|chapter=The Age of Optimism|title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations|year=1994 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA90|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521443548}}</ref> at [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile of master artist M. V. Dhurandhar on Indiaart.com|url=https://www.indiaart.com/old-masters/M-V-Dhurandhar/Info-of-M-V-Dhurandhar.asp|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.indiaart.com}}</ref> After schooling at Rajaram High School in Kolhapur, he was accepted into [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|J.J. School of Art, Bombay]] in 1890. There he was student of the artist [[John Griffiths (artist)|John Griffiths]]. As a student he won many medals for his work. He graduated in 1895.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224338/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Kipling's home may become a museum | date=5 March 2007}}</ref>
[[File:MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,.jpg|thumb|MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife]]
[[File:MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,.jpg|thumb|MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife]]
Dhurandhar was born in [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]]. After schooling at Rajaram High School in Kolhapur, he was accepted into [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|J.J. School of Art, Bombay]] in 1890. There he was student of the artist [[John Griffiths (artist)|John Griffiths]]. As a student he won many medals for his work. He graduated in 1895<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224338/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030505331300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Kipling's home may become a museum | date=5 March 2007}}</ref>
==Career==
After graduating from  J. J. School of Art, Dhurandhar was offered a position at the same school in 1896 where he spent the rest of his career. In 1910, he was appointed as the Head Master. He was appointed Inspector of Drawing and Craft in 1918 and served in that position until 1931. He was the Vice-Principal for two years before retiring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |title=M V Dhurandhar Profile: Delhi Art Gallery |accessdate=2010-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719032155/http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2010 }}</ref> In the year 1938, Dhurandhar was elected as the [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1938 |title=COUNCIL |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41362749 |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Arts |volume=86 |issue=4470 |pages=885–886 |jstor=41362749 |issn=0035-9114}}</ref>


==Career==
===Style and works===
After graduating from J. J. School of Art, Dhurandhar was offered a position at the same school in 1896 where he spent the rest of his career. In 1910, he was appointed as the Head Master. He was appointed Inspector of Drawing and Craft in 1918 and served in that position until 1931. He was the Vice-Principal for two years before retiring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719032155/http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-m-v-dhurandhar.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2010 }}</ref>
His popular works include documenting the city of Bombay and its people, as well as painting scenes from Hindu mythology and [[Omar Khayyam]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Array-of-art/495900|title=Array of art|date=30 July 2009 |publisher=}}</ref> A prolific artist, Dhurandhar is said to have made some thousands of paintings and illustrations, including some that were turned into lithographic prints, such as his illustrations for the book ''Women of India'' by Otto Rothfield (1920).<ref>{{cite web|title=M. V. Dhurandhar|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|publisher=Images of Asia|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112419/http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dhurandhar also designed postcards, provided the illustrations for [[S. M. Edwardes]], ''By-Ways of Bombay'' (1912) and [[Charles Augustus Kincaid|C. A. Kincaid]]'s ''Deccan Nursery Tales'', besides drawing cartoons for the Gujarati periodicals ''Aram'' and ''Bhoot''.<ref name="Mitter1994">{{cite book|author=Partha Mitter|title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA91|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44354-8|pages=91–}}</ref> He also made religious illustrations published by the Ravi Varma Press. He wrote an autobiography in Marathi about his years at the J.J. School. In 1926, he was commissioned by the ruler of [[Aundh State]], Maharaja [[Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi|Bhawanrao Pantpratinidhi]] to make paintings on the life of [[Shivaji]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=M. V. Dhurandhar The Romantic Realist |url=http://ngmaindia.gov.in/pdf/Press-release-of-M-V-dhurandhar-exhibition.pdf |website=ngmaindia.gov.in}}</ref>


===Style and Works===
After he retired from Sir J.J School of Art in 1913, he continued painting and wrote his memoirs about his years at the art School. The book was published in 1940, titled, ''Kalamandiratil Ekkechalis Varshe'' (Forty-one years in the Temple of Art). It has become an authentic documentation on the history of Art of that period.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia visual art of Maharashtra: artists of the Bombay School and art institutions (late 18th to early 21st century) |date= |publisher=Pundole Art Gallery |isbn=978-81-89010-11-9 |editor-last=Bahulkar |editor-first=Suhas |edition=First |location=Mumbai |editor-last2=Ghāre |editor-first2=Dīpaka |editor-last3=Patwardhan |editor-first3=Sudhir |editor-last4=Ranade |editor-first4=Dilip |editor-last5=Pundole Art Gallery}}</ref>
His popular works include documenting the city of Bombay and its people, as well as painting scenes from Hindu mythology and [[Omar Khayyam]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Array-of-art/495900|title=Array of art|publisher=}}</ref> A prolific artist, Dhurandhar is said to have made some thousands of paintings and illustrations, including some that were turned into lithographic prints, such as his illustrations for the book ''Women of India'' by Otto Rothfield (1920).<ref>{{cite web|title=M. V. Dhurandhar|url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|publisher=Images of Asia|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112419/http://www.imagesofasia.com/biography/html/dhurandhar/Dhurandhar.php|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dhurandhar also designed postcards, provided the illustrations for the S. M. Edwardes ''By-Ways of Bombay'' (1912) and C. A. Kincaid's ''Deccan Nursery Tales'', besides drawing cartoons for the Gujarati periodicals ''Aram'' and ''Bhoot''.<ref name="Mitter1994">{{cite book|author=Partha Mitter|title=Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mRTtkri8E0C&pg=PA91|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44354-8|pages=91–}}</ref> He also made religious illustrations published by the Ravi Varma Press. He wrote an autobiography in Marathi about his years at the J.J. School. In 1926, he was commissioned by the ruler of [[Aundh State]], Maharaja [[Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi|Bhawanrao Pantpratinidhi]] to make paintings on the life of [[Shivaji]].<ref>http://ngmaindia.gov.in/pdf/Press-release-of-M-V-dhurandhar-exhibition.pdf</ref>


==Paintings==
==Paintings==
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File:Self Portrait of Painter.jpg|Self Portrait of Painter
File:Self Portrait of Painter.jpg|Self Portrait of Painter
File:Visami Sadi 1916 Magazine cover.jpg|Cover art of 1916 issue of Gujarati magazine
File:Visami Sadi 1916 Magazine cover.jpg|Cover art of 1916 issue of Gujarati magazine
File:Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind.jpg|Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind
File:Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind.jpg|[[Shivaji|Shivaji Maharaj]] and [[Baji Prabhu Deshpande|Baji Prabhu]] at [[Battle of Pavan Khind|Pawan Khind]]
File:Maharani Tarabai of Karvir.jpg|A 1927 depiction of Tarabai in battle.  
File:Maharani Tarabai of Karvir.jpg|A 1927 depiction of [[Tarabai]] in battle.
File:Lengha Choli.jpg|Lengha Choli
File:Lengha Choli.jpg|Lengha Choli
File:Radha and Krishna by DHURANDHAR MV.jpg|Radha and Krishna
File:Radha and Krishna by DHURANDHAR MV.jpg|Radha and Krishna
File:Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg|Sheshashayi - Laxminarayan
File:Sheshashayi - Laxminarayan by DHURANDHAR MV.jpg|Sheshashayi - Laxminarayan
 
File:Shiva's Twilight Dance.jpg|Shiva's Twilight Dance
File:Raja Shivaji at Aurangzeb's Darbar- M V Dhurandhar.jpg|[[Agra Fort|Agra]] visit of Raja Shivaji at [[Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb's]] Darbar
File:Tanaji's famous vow during Kondana campaign “Aadhi lagin kondhanyache mag mazya Raybache”.jpg|[[Tanaji Malusare|Tanaji's]] famous vow during [[Sinhagad|Kondana fort]] campaign
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 5 March 2026



M. V. Dhurandhar

Self-portrait, c. 1928
Born(1867-03-18)18 March 1867
Died1 June 1944(1944-06-01) (aged 77)
Alma materSir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
Notable work
  • Shivaji Maharaj and Baji Prabhu at Pawan Khind
  • Radha-Krishna
  • Sheshashayi-Laxminarayan
ChildrenAmbika Dhurandhar
Awards

Rao Bahadur Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar FRSA (18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944) was an Indian painter[1] and postcard artist from the British colonial era.[2] Among his most popular paintings are his illustrations of common colonial-era women.[3]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Dhurandhar was born in a Pathare Prabhu family[4] at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.[5] After schooling at Rajaram High School in Kolhapur, he was accepted into J.J. School of Art, Bombay in 1890. There he was student of the artist John Griffiths. As a student he won many medals for his work. He graduated in 1895.[6]

MV Dhurandhar, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife

Career[edit | edit source]

After graduating from J. J. School of Art, Dhurandhar was offered a position at the same school in 1896 where he spent the rest of his career. In 1910, he was appointed as the Head Master. He was appointed Inspector of Drawing and Craft in 1918 and served in that position until 1931. He was the Vice-Principal for two years before retiring.[7] In the year 1938, Dhurandhar was elected as the Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[8]

Style and works[edit | edit source]

His popular works include documenting the city of Bombay and its people, as well as painting scenes from Hindu mythology and Omar Khayyam series.[9] A prolific artist, Dhurandhar is said to have made some thousands of paintings and illustrations, including some that were turned into lithographic prints, such as his illustrations for the book Women of India by Otto Rothfield (1920).[10] Dhurandhar also designed postcards, provided the illustrations for S. M. Edwardes, By-Ways of Bombay (1912) and C. A. Kincaid's Deccan Nursery Tales, besides drawing cartoons for the Gujarati periodicals Aram and Bhoot.[11] He also made religious illustrations published by the Ravi Varma Press. He wrote an autobiography in Marathi about his years at the J.J. School. In 1926, he was commissioned by the ruler of Aundh State, Maharaja Bhawanrao Pantpratinidhi to make paintings on the life of Shivaji.[12]

After he retired from Sir J.J School of Art in 1913, he continued painting and wrote his memoirs about his years at the art School. The book was published in 1940, titled, Kalamandiratil Ekkechalis Varshe (Forty-one years in the Temple of Art). It has become an authentic documentation on the history of Art of that period.[13]

Paintings[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Promoting contemporary art". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008.
  2. "Women Of India By M.v. Dhurandhar". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016.
  3. "Still life to move art lovers". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.
  4. Partha Mitter (1994). "The Age of Optimism". Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521443548.
  5. "Profile of master artist M. V. Dhurandhar on Indiaart.com". www.indiaart.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. "Kipling's home may become a museum". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 March 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
  7. "M V Dhurandhar Profile: Delhi Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  8. "COUNCIL". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 86 (4470): 885–886. 1938. ISSN 0035-9114. JSTOR 41362749.
  9. "Array of art". 30 July 2009.
  10. "M. V. Dhurandhar". Images of Asia. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  11. Partha Mitter (1994). Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922: Occidental Orientations. Cambridge University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-521-44354-8. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  12. "M. V. Dhurandhar The Romantic Realist" (PDF). ngmaindia.gov.in.
  13. Bahulkar, Suhas; Ghāre, Dīpaka; Patwardhan, Sudhir; Ranade, Dilip; Pundole Art Gallery (eds.). Encyclopaedia visual art of Maharashtra: artists of the Bombay School and art institutions (late 18th to early 21st century) (First ed.). Mumbai: Pundole Art Gallery. ISBN 978-81-89010-11-9.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]