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'Bombay School' or 'Bombay School of Art' is an umbrella term used for early twentieth-century painters from Western India who painted in an academic realist style. They were predominantly trained at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai and active in the erstwhile Bombay Presidency and adjoining princely states.
The Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art (Sir J. J. School of Art) is the oldest art institution in Mumbai, India, [1] and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai.The school grants bachelor's (B.F.A) degrees in Painting, ceramic, Metal work, Interior decoration, Textile design and Sculpture as well as Master's degrees (M.F.A) in Portraiture, Creative Painting, Murals, Sculpture, and ...
The Bombay School was established through an endowment by the shipping merchant, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. In 1872, George Terry, who was teaching at the school, produced a new hybrid style of pottery that combined the art of Sindh and Multan. It became known as "Wonderland Pottery".
The Progressive Artists Group held three exhibitions all together. The first was held in 1948 at the Bombay Art Society’s Salon on Rampart Row, Kalaghoda, Bombay, India; the Bombay Art Society’s salon was later recognized as Artists Centre. The second show was held in Kolkata in 1950; by the time two of group’s main founders Raza and ...
When Ahivasi was a student at the Sir J. J. School of Art, Captain W. E. Gladstone Solomon was the principal of the school. The latter was an advocate of Indian art and promoted the Bombay Revivalist School, an art movement that nurtured and preserved Indian art traditions.
Gondhalekar was appointed as the dean of Sir J. J. School of Art in 1953. During his tenure, he implemented new schemes in art education and undertook several new activities. Firstly, he organized the inaugural State Art Exhibition in 1953 of the then Bombay State with an intention to improve art education at schools and colleges. Secondly ...
The Institute of Applied Art's history first began with the founding of its sister school, the Sir J. J. School of Art, in 1857. Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art started operations in the premises of the School of Art in 1935, and was awarded an independent institute status in 1961.
Govind Solegaonkar was born in 1912 at Sehore in British India. He was introduced to art at a very early age. He received his initial lessons at home from his father who was a student of Sir J.J. School (1905) and was part of Ajanta copying team from J.J. School.