The Bombay Art Society is set to celebrate 48 National Award winners

Awarded 48 scholarships to upandcoming artists at its 131st All India Annual Art Exhibition from 2500 entries from various cities in Maharashtra West Bengal Haryana Delhi Assam Uttar Pradesh Karnataka and Gujarat the Bombay Art Society is one of the oldest nonprofit art institutions in the Asian subcontinent Sudhir Mungantiwar Minister for Cultural Affairs Forests and Fisheries Saryu Doshi Art Historian and Former Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai and Rajendra Patil President of The Bombay Art Society presented the prizes to the winnersFrom February 16 through February 28 2023 the artwork will be on exhibition at The Bombay Art Society in BandraAbhijit Anil KumbharRajendra Patil President of The Bombay Art Society shared The allIndia annual art exhibition has been the important art event on the calendar of visual arts events in country since its beginning in 1888 This year 48 awards to the artists from 2500 entries in the categories like paintings sculptures graphics photography along with the BendreHusain scholarship The Sangita Jindal Scholarship and Sandhya Misra scholarship are presented to the young artists It is an important event for artists in eastern and southern parts of India as The Bombay Art Society receives exhibition entries as far away as Delhi West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Karnataka and Kerala from many years This year we are honouring GS Majgaonkar who started the Maharashtra Nature Art StyleThe BendreHusain Scholarship went to Monica Ghule a figurative artist while the Sangita Jindal Scholarship went to metal artist Swanil Godse This year sculptor Kandula Pradeep Kumar and artist Madan Pawar are jointly awarded the Sandhya Misra Scholarship for their distinctive works of artKishor IngaleSince the past 18 years the Bombay Art Society has been holding the Roopdhar Lifetime Samman in the field of visual art This year GS Majgaonkar one of the greatest painters received the Roopdhar lifetime achievement award which comes with a citation and a financial prize of Rs one lakh as a sign of appreciation At the opening of the yearly art exhibition GS Majgaonkar received the Roopadhar lifetime achievement awardKishor Ingales abstract in acrylic colour on canvas attracted the judges attention making him winner of this years highest prize the Governors Award which carries Rs one lakh in cash and certificate The Bombay Art Society gold medal which carried Rs 51000 cash certificate and gold medal is gone to Siddhesh Thakur for his stunning sculpture The artworks of Akshita Gandhi Parimal Vaghela Abhijit Kumbhar Anuradha Tambe Nagnath Ghodke Kinnari Tondlekar and Nishikant Palande submitted for the exhibition outshine and own them various awards which were presented at Jehangir Art Gallery This year the awardwinning entries include artists from various cities in Maharashtra West Bengal Haryana Delhi and Gujarat whereas art students who won awards are from many cities in Maharashtra Assam Gujarat Uttar Pradesh and KarnatakaRakesh SuryawanshiThe BAS annual art exhibition which debuted in 1888 and has been running continuously for 135 years is regarded as the nations talent search The best 189 artworks handpicked from total 2500 entries submitted from all across India through highly refined selection process including art experts at every level of selection are shown in this exhibition The exhibition also features the artwork of the four scholarship recipientsVenue The Bombay Art Society opp Rang Sharda BandraWestDate February 1628 2023Read More John Legend and Raja Kumari to perform in India on March 4 and 5This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever