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Rasik Dugashankar Raval

Rasik Dugashankar Raval (1928 - 1980) was active/lived in India.  Rasik Raval is known for Stylized portrait, figure and nude painting.

Born in 1928, Rasik Raval spent his boyhood in Sabarkatha, Gujrat, India.  After his father's untimely death in 1944, he went to Bombay [Mumbai] to study art at Sir J J School of Arts.  After completion of his course in 1949, harsh realities of survival dealt a ruthless blow to him.  In those desolate days, he lived and painted off the pavement until one day his work caught the eye of a notable art connoisseur, Farokh Mulla.

When asked why more paintings are not coming from him, Rasik Raval shyly told him that he does not have a place to work.  On hearing this, Mulla took him to his residence to set up his studio.

Raval's studio pulled art lovers like a magnet.  Collectors started picking his work even before the paint was dry.  He was the fresh new face of Indian Art-direct, sensitive and true to his native land.  His paintings sold internationally.

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