from Dan Driscoll, in Nova Scotia Canada: Have you heard of an Artist domiciled in Kankavli (Sindudurgh) by name Naminand Modak? He did several things for me when I was in Goa, and a large portrait of my wife Germana still hangs in the Betim Flat now owned by my sis-in-law Sarita Diniz.
Modak is in my view 'extraordinarily talented', for b/w etching work and canvas (Oil/Acrylic). He does fine portrait work from photo/snapshots. His Art Studio is in the 'bazaar-peth, Kankavli. I had him do a large portrait of 'Fr. Amalor' (D.S. Amalorpavadass) the founder 'Acharya-guru' of Anjali Ashram in Mysore. Modak commutes in and out of Goa on pretty regular basis. On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > Need your help to improve this page! > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Ribeiro > --FN > > L a n c e l o t R i b e i r o > > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > Lancelot Ribeiro > The artist, Lancelot Ribeiro, with his favourite painting 'The Warlord (oil > and PVA on canvas), 1966. > BornNovember 28, 1933 > Bombay (Mumbai) > DiedDecember 25, 2010 (aged 77) > London > Alma materSt Martin's School of Art, London. St Mary's Senior Cambridge > School, Mount Abu, Rajputana. St Sebastian's School and St Xavier's High > School for Boys in Bombay.[1] > StylePainting > MovementModern art, Post War Indian expressionism[2] > Websitelanceribeiro.co.uk > > Lancelot Ribeiro (born 1933, died 2010 London) was an Indian modern artist. > According to the Independent, he is considered to have been at "the > vanguard of the influx of Indian artists to Britain."[3] > > Early life[edit source] > > Lancelot Ribeiro was born in 1933 to in Bombay, India accountant Joao José > Fernando Flores Ribeiro and his mother Lilia. He was the half-brother of > artist F.N. Souza. Ribeiro moved to London in 1950, living with his brother > and studying accountancy. He abandoned this career when attending life > classes at St Martin's School of Art between 1951 and 1953. He served in > the RAF in Scotland, then returned to Bombay. After working with Life > Insurance Corporation, he began working professionally as a painter in > 1958.[3] > > Career[edit source] > > Ribeiro's creative life spanned half a century, during which time he became > known for a "huge body"[3] of figurative and abstract work. Among his > artistic productions were portrait heads, still lifes, landscapes, and > pigment experiments dating back to the early 1960s which "lead to works of > peculiar brilliance and transparency."[3] > > Ribeiro died in 2010 in London.[3] In November 2016, as part of the 2017 > UK-India Year of Culture, the exhibition Ribeiro: A Celebration of Life, > Love and Passion was held in association with the British Museum and other > institutions.[4] > > Reception[edit source] > > The British mainstream media has said: > > "Lancelot Ribeiro was one of the most original Indian painters who settled > in Britain after the Second World War. Although there has been a surge of > dealer and collector interest in artists from the subcontinent, Ribeiro > remains relatively unknown compared with contemporaries such as his > half-brother FN Souza, Avinash Chandra, Balraj Khanna and Anish Kapoor." -- > The Independent (London)[3] > > Nicholas Treadwell remembers Ribeiro at The British Museum during 'Asian > Art in London' week, November 2016 > > Artistic landmarks[edit source] > > 1951-53: Joins art classes at Saint Martin's School of Art, London[2] > 1958: Begins painting professionally[3] > 1960: Organises his first solo exhibition, Bombay Art Society Salon.[2] > Soon sold out. Five other exhibitions follow this in Bombay (Mumbai), New > Delhi and Calcutta (Kolkata).[3] > 1961: First solo art exhibition at the Bombay Artist Aid Centre. Included > among the Ten Indian Painters exhibition. Extensive tour of India, Europe, > US and Canada. Gets a commission for a 12-foot mural for the Tata Iron and > Steel Company[3] > 1962: Returns to London with wife. Gets grant from the Congress for > Cultural Freedom in Paris. Mixed shows at Piccadilly, Rawinsky, John > Whibley and Crane Kalman galleries in London and Galerie Lambert, Paris. > All India Gold Medal nomination.[3] > 1963: Co-founds the Indian Painters’ Collective.[2] > 1960s and 1970s: Solos and group shows. Ribeiro lectures on Indian art, > culture at Commonwealth Institute[3] > 1986: Retrospective covering 1960s work, at Leicestershire Museum and Art > Gallery[3] > 1987: At Camden Arts Centre.[3] > 1998: LTG Gallery, New Delhi[3] > 2010: Displays one painting at British Art Fair, 2010 after a long > absence.[1] > 2013: Retrospective exhibition at Asia House, London in May-June[2]. > Exhibition was scheduled for New Delhi in November.[2] > > Role of acrylics[edit source] > > In a longish obituary, The Times of London acknowledges Ribeiro's role as > an "[a]cclaimed Indian artist who pioneered the use of acrylics in the > 1960s, producing a brilliancy of colour in his expressionistic works".[5] > The paper talks of Ribeiro's "increasing impatience" by the 1960s over the > time it took for oils to dry, as also its "lack of brilliance in its colour > potential." He took to the new synthetic plastic bases that commercial > paints were beginning to use, and soon got help from manufacturers like > ICI, Courtaulds and Geigy. The companies supplied him samples of their > latest paints in quantities that he was using three decades later, > according to the paper. Initially, the firms thought the PVA compounds > would not be needed in commercially viable quantities. But they quickly > recognised the potential demand and "so Ribeiro became the godfather of > generations of artists using acrylics as an alternative to oils."[5] > > As F.N. Souza's half-brother[edit source] > > It is suggested that Ribeiro had a work in completing some of Souza's art > works: > > Souza's success and resulting social life meant that he frequently left > works unfinished. Ribeiro would complete them, using the painter's harsh, > aggressive strokes to form his church spires, iconographic heads and > anti-naturalistic still-lives. His brother would then return to add his > hasty signature to the finished piece. -- Von Weigand, Ellen, > https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/lancelot- > ribeiro-vanguard-indian-painter-of-post-war-britain/ > > References[edit source] > > ^ Jump up to:a b "Ribeiro: The Artist". lanceribeiro.co.uk. Retrieved 11 > March 2017. > ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f Von Weigand, Ellen. "Lancelot Ribeiro: Vanguard > Indian Painter of Post War Britain". TheCultureTrip.com. The Culture Trip. > Retrieved 11 March 2017. > ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Buckman, David (3 April 2011), > "Lancelot Ribeiro: Artist in the vanguard of the influx of Indian artists > to Britain", The Independent, retrieved March 11, 2017 > Jump up^ Remembering Lancelot Ribeiro and other Indian artists in 1960s > Britain, British Museum, 2016, retrieved March 11, 2017 > ^ Jump up to:a b "Lance Ribeiro". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017. > > Further reading[edit source] > > Lance Ribeiro, in The Times of London] > Lancelot Ribeiro: Vanguard Indian Painter of Post War Britain > Grosvenor Gallery: Lancelot Ribeiro > The British Museum:Special event. Remembering Lancelot Ribeiro and other > Indian artists in 1960s Britain > Retracing Ribeiro > In tribute to Lancelot Ribeiro > > External links[edit source] > > Personal site > Review teaser of Ribeiro's work > > This article about an artist from India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia > by expanding it. > > Categories: Indian artist stubs > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in > _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twtr @fn Fbk: fredericknoronha > _/ Goa,1556 shared audio content https://archive.org/details/goa1556 > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >
