Lalita Lajmi

Lalita Lajmi
Born (1932-10-17) 17 October 1932
Kolkata, India
Occupation Painter
Years active 1960–present
Children Kalpana Lajmi
Relatives Guru Dutt (brother)

Lalita Lajmi (born 17 October 1932, Kolkata[1]) is an Indian painter.[2][3] Lalita is a self-taught artist and has not received any formal art training.She is the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor, Guru Dutt. In 1994 she was invited to Guru Dutt Film Festival organised by Mr. Gopal Krishna Gandhi- Indian High Commission at Nehru Center, London

Career

She started painting in the early sixties,[4] when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.[5] At the same gallery she had her first solo exhibition in 1961.[5] Over a career spanning 5 decades, she had several exhibitions at both national and international platforms.[2][4] She has exhibited her work in India, Germany and USA. Lajmi has given lectures in India and UK as well. 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.[6] 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.

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.[6] Her initial work displayed a lot of autobiographical elements and her later work reflected the hidden tension between men and women. Lajmi has also showcased a natural bonding between mother and daughter in her work.[7]

She gave a guest appearance in Aamir Khan's 2007 Bollywood film, Taare Zameen Par and has also done costume designing for a play by Amol Palekar[8] She has also worked as a graphics artist in Hindi movie Aghaat[9]

Awards

1997 : ICCR Travel Grant for International Contemporary Indian Women Artists Show for 50 Years of Indian Independence organized by Mills College of Art at Oakland,

California

1983 : ICCR Travel Grant to Germany

1979 : Bombay Art Society, Mumbai

1978 : State Art Exhibition Award

1977 : Bombay Art Society Award (Etching)

1977 : ICCR Travel Grant to Oakland, California[6]

She was the recipient of the Government of India Junior Fellowship from 1979 to 1983.

Personal life

Lajmi's father was a poet and her mother was a polylingual writer.[10] Her daughter, Kalpana Lajmi, was also a Hindi film director. Lajmi taught at Campion School and Convent of Jesus & Mary for over two decades and later got herself enrolled in JJ School of Art to complete her art masters.[11] 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.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Lalitha Lajmi | BIOGRAPHY". lalithalajmi.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  2. 1 2 "International Creative Art Centre » Lalita Lajmi". Icacart.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑
  4. 1 2 "Lalitha Lajmi". Saffronart.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. 1 2
  6. 1 2 3 "Profile of artist Lalitha Lajmi". www.indiaart.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Saffronart :: Lalitha Lajmi : Untitled". www.saffronart.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  8. ↑ "My work is optimistic now: Veteran artist Lalitha Lajmi". hindustantimes.com/. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  9. ↑ "Aghaat (1985) Cast and Crew". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Lalitha Lajmi | The Mind's Cupboards | Opening November 28". mattersofart.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  11. ↑ "Lalitha Lajmi: My daughter Kalpana Lajmi's illness has impacted me, so maybe it reflects in my work - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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