Letter Exchanged between Secretary of Chitralaya Contemporary Artists Association and Jyoti Bhatt, June 1957
Letters exchanged between artist Jyoti Bhatt and Mr. B. Vithal, the Secretary of Chitralaya Contemporary Artists Association.
The first letter, dated 24 June 1957, is written by Mr. B. Vithal to ask Jyoti Bhatt for paintings of the Baroda Group of Artists to be collected for the intended exhibition at VI World Youth Festival in Moscow.
The second letter, dated 29 June 1957, is a reply from Jyoti Bhatt.
The exhibition 'Baroda Group of Artists: Second Exhibition of Paintings' was held at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, from 23 to 31 March 1957. Participating artists included Jyoti Bhatt, Shanti Dave, Himmat Shah, Triloke Kaul, Prafull Dave, Feroz Katpitia, G.M. Sheikh, Prof. Stefan Hirsch, G.R. Santosh, Balkrishna Patel, V.R. Patel, N.S. Bendre, Ratan Parimoo, Vinay Trivedi, and K.G. Subramanyan.
The Baroda Group of Artists was formed in the year 1956 by G.R. Santosh, Ratan Parimoo, K.G. Subramanyan, Prabha Dongre, Shanti Dave, K. Patel, Triloke Kaul, Vinay Trivedi, N.S. Bendre, Balkrishna Patel, Jyoti Bhatt, Prafull Dave, and Ramesh Pandya. The Group had exhibited in various cities like Bombay, Ahmedabad, and Srinagar between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s. Members of the Group changed over the years.
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Letter Exchanged between Secretary of Chitralaya Contemporary Artists Association and Jyoti Bhatt, June 1957
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