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Richard Bartholomew (Ko Thein Pe) was born on 29 November, 1926 in Tavoy, British Burma, is an A 20th-century burmese writer. Discover Richard Bartholomew's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Ko Thein Pe
Occupation Art critic
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 29 November 1926
Birthday 29 November
Birthplace Tavoy, British Burma
Date of death 1985
Died Place New Delhi, India
Nationality India

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1926

Richard Lawrence Bartholomew (29 November 1926 – 11 January 1985) was an Indian art critic, photographer, painter, poet, and writer.

Richard Bartholomew fled from Tavoy (Dawei), Burma (Myanmar), where he was born, during the Second World War.

To escape the Japanese capture of Burma and the imminent persecution on account of their Christian names, Bartholomew fled with his family, walking the General Stilwell Road from Mandalay to Ledo in upper Assam, India.

His schooling at St. Paul's School in Rangoon (Yangon) was interrupted because of the Japanese invasion and Bartholomew finished high school at Delhi's Cambridge School.

1947

While at St. Stephens, he met Rati Batra, his future wife, who was herself a refugee from Pakistan who came to India during the Partition in 1947.

1950

He received his bachelor's and master's degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1950.

Solo shows of his work were held in Delhi and Bombay in the 1950s.

Through numerous reviews published from the early–1950s until the late–1970s in publications like The Indian Express, The Times of India, and Thought, Bartholomew documented the artistic trajectories of painters such as Francis Newton Souza, Tyeb Mehta, Manishi Dey, Biren De, Ram Kumar, Krishen Khanna, Akbar Padamsee, SH Raza, Sailoz Mookherjea, Bhupen Khakkar, Satish Gujral; sculptors like Ramkinkar Baij, Dhanraj Bhagat, Chintamoni Kar, Somnath Hore, Sankho Chaudhuri; graphic artists including Kanwal Krishna, Devayani Krishna, Krishna Reddy, Jagmohan Chopra, Jyoti Bhatt as well as renowned photographers Raghu Rai and TS Satyan.

1966

Subsequently, from 1966–1973, he worked with the Tibet House, New Delhi as their curator and development officer where he catalogued the Dalai Lama's collection of religious artefacts and travelled with them to the US and Japan.

1967

Bartholomew lived in India as a stateless citizen until 1967 when he gained Indian citizenship, thereby closing all possibilities of returning to Burma which had become a dictatorship from the early–1960s.

Bartholomew pursued a career not only as an art critic but also as a writer, poet, painter, and curator.

1970

Between then and the 1970s, he documented life around him through photography.

Though he rarely exhibited his photographic work during his lifetime, his pictures intimately portrayed his family and his circle of artist friends and associates and his travels in India and the US.

Bartholomew was a pioneering art critic in that he was one of the first to initiate dialogues with painters.

He fostered a sense of community within the artists and communicated their ideals to the public who were not entirely receptive or convinced of the daring, artistic exploration of India's Progressive Art Movement.

He was also the recipient of the Asian Cultural Council's John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award in 1970.

1972

Besides a series of articles on Indian and Tibetan art, Bartholomew also co-authored, Husain, a monograph on M.F. Husain which was published by Harry Abrams, New York in 1972.

1973

He was appointed Commissioner of the Silver Jubilee of Indian Independence exhibition held in Washington DC in 1973 and travelled to UK in 1982 as a British Council Visitor and as Commissioner of the Festival of India Exhibition held in Britain in 1982, during which he co-curated the exhibition Contemporary Indian Art at the Royal Academy of Arts with Geeta Kapur and Akbar Padamsee.

1974

In 1974, he published a monograph on Krishna Reddy.

He also wrote poems and short stories which were published in magazines including Thought and Illustrated Weekly.

Bartholomew was the Gallery Director of Kunika-Chemould, New Delhi's first contemporary art gallery.

1977

Bartholomew served as the Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi from 1977 to 1985.

1985

Barely 58, Bartholomew died in 1985.

He is survived by his wife Rati Bartholomew and his two sons Pablo and Robin.