The catalogue for V. B. Pathare and Prema V. Pathare aims to chronicle the life and career of a now forgotten Indian artist couple. Both Pathare and his spouse lived during the pre-independence and post-independence eras, specialising in portraiture and landscape, respectively. They were able to gain royal and public support, and exhibited their artwork on a regular basis around India. With proficiency in both, oil and watercolour, they attempted to capture the grandeur of India’s diverse vistas. This biographical narrative of the earliest known artist couple of India, who received training under S. L. Haldankar of the Bombay School of Art, is based on oral history, public and private collections, family records, and the artists’ personal collection.
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About Sandeep Dahisarkar
Mr. Dahisarkar is an independent archaeologist, art historian and author based in Mumbai. He has over 10 years of experience in archaeological and historical research. He has published four books related to different aspects of History of Mumbai, that is –
a. The Pathare Kshatriyas of Bombay (in English, 2022)
b. Parle: Dnyata-adnyata (in Marathi, 2023)
c. The Historiography of Shri Bimbakhyana: The Dark Phase of the Medieval History of Mumbai (Edited in English, 2024)
d. Rao Bahadur M. V. Dhurandhar: A Painter from the Bombay School of Art (in English, 2025)
He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian Culture & Archaeology at Sathaye College, Mumbai. He received the Gulestan Bilimoria Junior Research Fellowship from the Asiatic Society of Mumbai in 2017 for his study on community history. He also worked as a Cultural Consultant to the Holkar Cultural Center, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2022. There he trained local guides and designed a training program for the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Maheshwar Walk, which the Minister of Tourism, Madhya Pradesh, inaugurated. He has been awarded the Sane Guruji Yuva Puraskar, Mumbai (2022), and the Yuva Sanman Puraskar, Pune (2023) for his contribution to Archaeology and History.
ISBN No: 978-81-685028-7-1
No. Of Pages: 246
Language: English
Cover: Hardbound
Year Of Publication: 2025
