S.H. Raza
| Padma Vibhushan Sayed Haider Raza |
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Sayed Haider Raza
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| Born |
February 22, 1922 Babaria, Central Provinces and Berar, British India |
| Died | July 23, 2016 (aged 94) New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Painter |
| Awards |
Padma Vibhushan (2013) Padma Bhushan (2007) Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi (1981) Padmshree (1981) Commander of ligean of honour (2015) |
| Website | www |
Sayed Haider "S. H." Raza (22 February 1922 – 23 July 2016) was an Indian painter who lived and worked in France since 1950, while maintaining strong ties with India.
His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color, replete with icons from Indian cosmology as well as its philosophy. He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2007, and Padma Vibhushan in 2013. He was conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) on July 14, 2015.
He became one of India's priciest modern artist on 10 June 2010 when a seminal work, Saurashtra by the 88-year-old was sold for ₹16.42 crore ($3,486,965) at a Christie's auction.
In 1959 he married the French artist Janine Mongillat, who died in 2002 of cancer, after which he decided to return to India.
Sayed Haider Raza was born in Babaria,Narsinghpur district, Madhya Pradesh, to Sayed Mohammed Razi, the Deputy Forest Ranger of the district and Tahira Begum, and it was here that he spent his early years and took to drawing at age 12; before moving to Damoh also in Madhya Pradesh at 13, where he completed his school education from Government High School, Damoh.
After high school, he studied further at the Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur (1939–43), followed by Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay (1943–47), before moving to France in October 1950 to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSB-A) in Paris, 1950-1953 on a Govt. of France scholarship. After his studies, he travelled across Europe, and continued to live and exhibit his work in Paris. He was later awarded the Prix de la critique in Paris in 1956, becoming the first non-French artist to receive the honour.
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