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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The discourse on development of contemporary art in India centres around art hubs like Delhi, Mumbai, Baroda etc, and Hyderabad does not figure in it despite vibrant historical trajectory of art and culture since the times of Salar Jung III and post-independent era. Salar Jung III had founded the Hyderabad Art Society and the School of Art and Craft in the early 1940s which became nucleus for development of fine arts in the decades that followed, and cradle for generations of Hyderabadi artists like R C Sharma. Through Sharma’s story, the book provides some glimpses of the development of fine arts in Hyderabad and personalities like M F Husain and Dr Jagdish Mittal who played a key role in shaping this journey from middle of the twentieth century.
Prof R C Sharma (with Dinesh C Sharma)
R C Sharma is a painter based in Hyderabad, India. He is former Porfessor and Head, Department of Applied Arts at the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University. Dinesh C Sharma is an author and journalist based in New Delhi. He is the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow for 2020-2021.
