Dashrath Patel | |
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 Dashrath Patel in the Ceramic Studio at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad c.1965 | |
| Born | 1927 |
| Died | 2010 (aged 82–83) |
| Occupation(s) | Designer,Educator,Sculptor |
| Employer | National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
| Known for | Exhibition Design, Design Education,Photography |
| Partner | Chandralekha (dancer) |
| Awards | Padma Shri,Padma Bhushan |
Dashrath Patel (1927 – 1 December 2010) was an Indian designer, sculptor, and was one of the first teachers at theNational Institute of Design (NID),Ahmedabad, from 1961 to 1981.[2]
He was awarded thePadma Shri byGovernment of India in 1981,[3] followed by thePadma Bhushan, posthumously in 2011.[4]
Born in 1927 inSojitra, Gujarat, Patel studied fine arts atGovernment College of Fine Arts, Chennai (1949–53), where Debi Prasad Roy Choudhury was his mentor; thereafter studied painting, sculpture and ceramics during his Post Graduate studies atÉcole des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1953–1955).[5][6]
He practiced in diverse art fields as a painter, ceramist, a graphic designer, industrial design and exhibition design. Early in his career he was contemporary ofTyeb Mehta,M.F. Hussain andV. S. Gaitonde who were together in the 1950s in Bhulabhai Desai Institute, Mumbai, and often exhibited alongside them. LaterHenri Cartier-Bresson introduced him to photography, after former visited his exhibition at the Galerie Barbizon, Paris.[7][8] He worked at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad as a designer and as faculty in Industrial Design, he also established the ceramics department at the institute.[7][9] He left NID in 1981, and went on to establish the Rural Design School in Sewapuri, nearVaranasi.[5]
He has collaborated creatives likeCharles Eames,Louis I. Kahn,Frei Otto,Harindranath Chattopadhyay, dancerChandralekha.[2][10]He died inAhmedabad after a brief illness, at the age of 83 on 1 December 2010.
During the last decade of his life, he worked largely fromAlibag, near Mumbai, where the Dashrath Patel Museum now houses his multidisciplinary oeuvre.[11]
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