Vidya Bhushan
Artist (1923–1996)
Prof. Vidya Bhushan, a freedom fighter, artist, and teacher, worked with oils, egg-tempera, watercolor, etchings, murals in mosaic, frescoes, as well as sculpture. A prolific artist, he continued to work and teach until his passing in 1996.
BORN: June 15, 1923, at Udgir, Maharashtra.
STUDY: J.J. School of Art, Bombay, 1944
Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1954
TEACHING: College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. Appointed as Head of the Painting Department and retired as Vice-Principal in 1983.
AWARDS: The Gold Plaque, the Indian National Award in 1957.
Prize in the International Art Exhibition in Moscow in 1957.
EXHIBITIONS: Numerous one-Man shows in Bombay and Delhi
Participated in National and International Exhibitions for over two decades.
Bowater Gallery, Los Angeles, 1976 and 1980
COLLECTIONS: Museum of Art, Berlin, West Germany.
Museum of Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
State Art, Gallery, Hyderabad.
Private collections in India, Europe, and the US.
Recent Exhibitions
