| Born in January 21, 1926 (Evening 05:47) in
Margao, Goa, India, Laxman Pai received his art education in
Sir J. J. School of art in Mumbai, India (1943-47), where he
was awarded the prestigious Mayo medal.
He has more than one hundred solo exhibitions to his credit
including nine in Paris, where he worked for ten years (1951-61).
His other exhibitions have been held in London, Munich, Stuttgart,
Bremen, New York, San Francisco, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,
New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Goa. Laxman Pai also participated
in Bribable San Paulo, Brazil.
He is recipient of three Lalit Kala national awards (1961,
1963 & 1972) and has been awarded the prestigious Padma
Shri by the government of India in 1985. He was honored by
government of Goa in 1987 and awarded the Nehru award in 1995.
Laxman Pai was principal of college of art in Goa from 1977-87.
In addition he has contributed a series of paintings by Jaidev’s
Gitagovinda (1954), Ramayana (1958 & 1971), Life of Mahatma
Gandhi (1958), Life of the Buddha (1959), Kalidasa’s
Ritusamhara (1963), Indian Music Musical Moods (1965), Kashmir
Portraits (1965), Purush & Prakriti (1966), Dance Forms
(1967), Kangara Portraits (1972), Rajasthan (1982), Navraasa
(1991), Festival of Seasons (1993), Purush & Prakriti
in kamasutra (1994), Jeevanotsava (1995), Fantasies (1996),
Kaama-Krodha-Moha-Moksha (1997-98), Shrinagar faces (2000),
Tree of Life (2001), Spring Flowers (2001), Human Forms (2002),
Female Forms (2003), Flowering Flowers (2004). He has executed
two murals for Patradevi memorial, Goa (1985).
His paintings are in various private & public collections,
including, Museum of Modern art – Paris, New York Public
Library, Berlin Museum, Ben & Abbey Grey Foundation (Los
Angeles), National Gallery of Modern Art – New Delhi,
Punjab, Madras & Nagpur.
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