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Artist Profile -- Ara  K.H. Catalogue
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Ara born in 1913, in Bolarum, near Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. Krishnaji Howlaji Ara did not receive any formal schooling or education in the field of fine arts., He moved to Mumbai at the age of seven. He joined the Salt Satyagraha movement that was led by Mahatma Gandhi during India''s Independence struggle. He later worked as a car cleaner for a Japanese firm. He was only encouraged to paint as a profession later by an art critic from the Times of India, Rudy von Leyden, who saw the work he used to do in his spare time. KH Ara held his first solo show in 1942, at the Chetana Restaurant in Bombay. Since then he has had several other one man and group shows, including many with the Progressive Artists Group from 1948 to 1955 in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Baroda and Calcutta. He had three more solo exhibitions in Mumbai in 1952, 1954 and 1960, and took part in the inaugural show of the Pundole Art Gallery in 1963. In the same year, he exhibited his ''Black Nude'' series in Mumbai. In 1955, Ara held shows of his work in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. His paintings have also been shown in galleries in West Germany, Russia and Japan.

Amongst Ara''s many honours is the prestigious Governor''s Award for painting in 1944, and the Gold Medal from the Bombay Art Society for his canvas ''Two Jugs'' in 1952.

Krishnaji Howlaji Ara passed away in Mumbai in 1985.


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