Gandhy, Kekoo, 1920-2012
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Name (Latin)
Gandhy, Kekoo, 1920-2012
Other forms of name
Gandhy, Kekoo, 1920-
Kekoo Gandhy, 1920-
Date of birth
1920-02-02
Date of death
2012-11-10
Field of activity
art modern india
Occupation
Art dealers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- The perfect frame, c2003:t.p. (Kekoo Gandhy) p. 12 (b. Feb. 2, 1920, in the suburb of Bandra, north of Bombay)
Wikipedia description:
Kekoo Gandhy (2 February 1920 – 10 November 2012) was an Indian art gallerist, art collector and art connoisseur, who pioneered the promotion of Indian modern art from the 1940s. He established Chemould Frames, a frame manufacturing business in 1941, soon he started displaying works of young modern artists K. H. Ara, S. H. Raza, K. K. Hebbar and M. F. Husain in his showroom windows. This led to gradual rise of modern art movement and post-colonial art in India. Eventually Gallery Chemould, India's first commercial art gallery, was opened in 1963 on the first floor of the Jehangir Art Gallery. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2008.
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