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Bhupen Khakhar was born on 10 March, 1934 in Bombay, India, is an Indian artist (1934–2003). Discover Bhupen Khakhar'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 69 years old?

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Occupation set_decorator
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 10 March, 1934
Birthday 10 March
Birthplace Bombay, India
Date of death 8 August, 2003
Died Place Baroda, India
Nationality India

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1934

Bhupen Khakhar (also spelled Bhupen Khakkar, 10 March 1934 – 8 August 2003) was an Indian artist.

He was a member of the Baroda Group and gained international recognition for his work as "India's first 'Pop' artist."

Khakhar was a self-trained artist, and started his career as a painter relatively late in his life.

His works were figurative in nature, concerned with the human body and its identity.

An openly gay artist, the problem of gender definitions and gender identity were major themes of his work.

His paintings often contained references to Indian mythology and mythological themes.

Bhupen Khakhar was born in Bombay and had three siblings.

The Khakhars were originally artisans who came from the Portuguese colony of Diu.

Bhupen was the first of his family to attend the University of Bombay, where he studied B.A. At his family's insistence he went on to take a Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Khakhar worked as an accountant for many years partnering with Bharat Parikh & Associates in Baroda Gujarat India., pursuing his artistic inclinations in his free time.

He became well versed in Hindu mythology and literature, and well informed about the visual arts.

1958

In 1958, Khakhar met Gujarati poet and painter Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh, who encouraged Khakar to visit the newly founded Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda.

Khakhar's oil paintings were often narrative and autobiographical.

His first exhibited works presented deities cut from popular prints, glued onto mirrors, supplemented by graffiti and gestural marks.

1965

He began to mount solo exhibitions as early as 1965.

Though the artist had been largely self-taught, his work soon garnered attention and critical praise.

1975

He was a long standing personal friend of Howard Hodgkin who regularly came to stay with him after meeting in 1975.

Though he was influenced by the British Pop movement, Khakhar understood that western versions of Pop Art would not have the same resonance in India.

Khakhar's often openly homosexual themes attracted special notice.

Homosexuality was something that at the time was rarely addressed in India.

The artist explored his own homosexuality in extremely personal ways, touching upon both its cultural implications and its amorous and erotic manifestations.

Khakhar painted homosexual love, life, and encounters from a distinctively Indian perspective.

1980

By the 1980s, Khakhar was enjoying solo shows in places as far away as London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Tokyo.

The artist's work celebrated the day to day struggles of India's common man.

Khakhar's early paintings depicted average people, such as the barber, the watch repairman, and even an assistant accountant with whom he worked.

The painter took special care to reproduce the environments of small Indian shops in these paintings, and revealed a talent for seeing the intriguing within the mundane.

His work has been compared to that of David Hockney.

1981

In You Can't Please All (1981; London, Knoedler's) a life-size naked figure, a self-portrait, watches from a balcony, as father, son and donkey enact an ancient fable, winding through the townscape in continuous narration.

1986

Among other honours, he won the Asian Council's Starr Foundation Fellowship, 1986, and the prestigious Padma Shri (Indian Government's award for excellence) in 1984.

His works can be found in the collections of the British Museum, The Tate Gallery, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.

1990

In the 1990s, Khakhar began experimenting more with water colours and grew increasingly confident in both expression and technique.

He found himself portrayed as "the accountant" in Salman Rushdie's novel The Moor's Last Sigh.

Khakhar returned the favour by later making a portrait of the author that he called The Moor, and which is now housed within the National Portrait Gallery, London.

2000

In 2000, Khakhar was honoured with the Prince Claus Award at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.