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Lalita Lajmi was born on 17 October, 1932 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India), is an Indian painter (1932–2023). Discover Lalita Lajmi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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Painter |
| Age |
90 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
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17 October 1932 |
| Birthday |
17 October |
| Birthplace |
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India) |
| Date of death |
13 February, 2023 |
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India
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Lalita Lajmi Height, Weight & Measurements
At 90 years old, Lalita Lajmi height not available right now. We will update Lalita Lajmi's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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2, including Kalpana Lajmi & Capt.Devdas.Lajmi |
Lalita Lajmi Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lalita Lajmi worth at the age of 90 years old? Lalita Lajmi’s income source is mostly from being a successful painter. She is from India. We have estimated Lalita Lajmi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
painter |
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Timeline
Lalita Lajmi (17 October 1932 – 13 February 2023) was an Indian painter.
She was a self-taught artist born into a family involved in the arts, and was very fond of classical dance even as a child.
She was the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor Guru Dutt.
Her urge to paint developed rapidly in the 1960s, which is when she started painting seriously.
She started painting in the early 1960s, when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
She seriously began painting in 1961 but in those days one could not sell one's work and hence she had to teach in an art school to support herself financially.
While teaching she worked with disabled and underprivileged children.
Her first painting was sold for just Rs.
100 to a German art collector, Dr. Heinzmode.
He used to take her works and in exchange gave her works of German artists or some books.
Her first exhibition was the group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, where, in 1961, she also held her first solo exhibition.
Lajmi taught at Campion School and Convent of Jesus & Mary for over two decades and later enrolled in the JJ School of Art to complete her art masters.
Lalitha Lajmi's works are held in collections in the National Gallery of Modern Art and the CSMVS Museum in India, and the British Museum.
She married Captain Gopi Lajmi.
She has a daughter with Captain Gopi Lajmi.
Lajmi died on 13 February 2023, at the age of 90.
At the same gallery she had her first solo exhibition in 1961.
Over a career spanning 5 decades, she had several exhibitions at both national and international platforms.
She has exhibited her work in India, (Germany) and US.
Lajmi has given lectures in India and UK as well.
Lajmi said that her work had no particular direction until the late 1970s.
Then she started evolving and started doing etchings, oils and watercolors.
She also showcased her work in Graphic workshop of Prof. Paul Lingerine in Mumbai and two of her etchings were selected for "India Festival" 1985, USA.
Her work has been displayed in various famous art galleries including Prithvi Art Gallery, Pundole Art Gallery, Apparao Gallery, Chennai, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai, Hutheesing Centre for Visual Art, Ahmedabad, Art Heritage, New Delhi, Gallery Gay, Germany, Prints Exhibition at Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata etc. Lajmi's primary work was appreciated but she shrugged that her later work was left unnoticed because of which she started teaching at Campion school and Convent of Jesus and Mary for over 20 years.
Some of her group exhibitions includes A SYCO, The viewing Room, Mumbai, Think Small, art Alive Gallery, New Delhi, The Feminine Eye, Gallery Sara Arakkal, Bangalore.
Her initial work displayed a lot of autobiographical elements and her later work reflected the hidden tension between men and women.
Her 1990s work which show hidden tensions that exist between men and women captured different roles they play.
But her women were not meek but assertive and aggressive.
She even used images of Kali and Durga in her work.
Her closest inspiration was a series she painted called "The Family series" and this work was displayed at Chemould.
Her parents were originally settled in Karwar but relocated to Bangalore.
Lajmi's father was a poet and her mother was a polylingual writer.
She grew up in Bhowanipore.
Her uncle BB Benegal introduced her to painting as a child when he brought her a box of paints and sent her work for a competition; later she got her first prize.
In 1994, she was invited to the Guru Dutt Film Festival, organised by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the Indian High Commissioner at Nehru Centre, London.
Her work was also influenced by Indian films such as those made by her brother, Satyajit Ray and Raj Kapoor.
In one of her interviews Lalitha Lajmi said that, being from a middle-class background, her family could not afford her joining classical dance classes.
She was from a traditional family and hence developed an interest in art.
Her uncle B. B. Benegal, who was a commercial artist from Kolkata, brought her a box of paints.
