Gautam Vaghela | |
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| Born | (1936-01-05)5 January 1936 |
| Died | 6 April 2010(2010-04-06) (aged 74) |
| Alma mater | Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai |
| Known for | painting |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1982) |
Gautam Vaghela (5 January 1936 – 6 April 2010) was an Indian artist.
His early art education was at theSir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art inBombay. He later he went on to train infresco andmural techniques in Banasthali,Rajasthan. From 1962 to 1994 he was associated with the Weaver's Service Centre at the government of India'sMinistry of Textiles. He retired as Director, Coordination and Design Exports for the Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology. The W.S.C's had artists working closely with weavers for the development of modern textile designs, and it was at the Centre that Vaghela interacted with artists includingK.G. Subramanyan,Prabhakar Barwe and Ambadas.
Vaghela has illustrated several books includingThe Story of Dance: Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai andAnother India: An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry with British painterHoward Hodgkin. In more than four decades as an artist and designer, he has exhibited all over India and overseas, including at the 1966Biennale de Paris and the 1967São Paulo Art Biennial.