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Abdul Rahiman Appabhai Almelkar

Abdul Rahiman Appabhai Almelkar (1920 - 1982) was active/lived in India.  Abdul Almelkar is known for Painting.

Abdul Rahim Almelkar lived from 1920 to 1982.  He believed that he must have learnt painting when he was still in his mother`s womb, much like Arjuna`s son Abhimanyu in the Mahabharat.  "My mother was busy embroidering all through her pregnancy and I probably inherited art from her at that stage," he says.  Born in Solapur, (in Maharashtra) he began painting at the young age of seven.  After a conventional education in a local school, he joined the Sir J. J. School of Arts in Mumbai.


During his student years, he won several awards at shows organized by the Art Society of India and the Bombay Art Society. Almelkar considered Khatri, a folk painter from Gujarat, as his true teacher.  Khatri instilled into the young aspirant a pursuit for perfect draftsmanship.  "In those days, there was `no inner eye and outer eye`.  A single vision informed the work of most artists," says Almelkar.  He belonged to a trad   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3704 characters.]  Artist bio

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