Mohan Samant Mapin Publishing
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Mohan Samant

Paintings
Marcella Sirhandi
Jeffrey Wechsler, Ranjit Hoskote, et al
Contributions by Barbara Bertieri, Sharad A. Ghamande, Abhijeet Gondkar, Abraham Joel, Virginia Kaycoff, Judith Wink

Mohan Samant (1924–2004), among the earliest of the post-Independence modern Indian artists to train in India and settle as a successful mature artist in the West, has been called “one of the few artists who has successfully made the bridge between Eastern and Western traditions.”

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Mohan Samant (1924–2004), among the earliest of the post-Independence modern Indian artists to train in India and settle as a successful mature artist in the West, has been called “one of the few artists who has successfully made the bridge between Eastern and Western traditions.”
Mohan Samant (1924-2004), among the earliest of the post-Independence modern Indian artists to train in India and settle as a successful mature artist in the West, has been called “one of the few artists who has successfully made the bridge between Eastern and Western traditions”. Born in Mumbai, Samant received his diploma from the Sir JJ School of Art in 1952, where he had studied under S.B. Palsikar. That year he joined the Progressive Artists Group. Extended periods abroad—1957–58 in Rome and travel in Europe and Egypt, 1959–64 in New York City—preceded his leaving Mumbai permanently for New York in 1968, where he lived until his death in 2004.

This volume, the definitive work on the artist, presents a comprehensive overview of Samant’s life and work. Included as well are essays on Samant’s place in the development of modernism in post-Independence India, a chronological survey of the styles, techniques and themes employed by the artist, and analyses of the media and techniques he utilized.

Dr. Marcella Sirhandi is an art historian and curator. She is professor emerita, Oklahoma State University, and has published extensively on modern and contemporary South Asian art. Jeffrey Wechsler, former Senior Curator of the Zimmerli Art Museum, is the author of numerous publications, including Asian Traditions, Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945–1970.

With an introduction by Ranjit Hoskote and additional contributions from Abhijeet Gondkar, Virginia Kaycoff, Sharad Ghamande, Barbara Bertieri, Abraham Joel, and Judith Wink.

• Acknowledgments
• Mohan Samant: A One-Man Avant - Garde and a History That Would Not Claim Him Meeting Mohan
• Notes on Mohan's Art
• Ode to a Genius
• The First Patrons: Laying the Groundwork for Modernism in India
• Plates
• Mohan Samant (1924- 2004)
• Part I: Biography
• Part II: Styles and Techniques, Themes and Subjects
• Mohan Samant: Individualism and Context
• Media, Objects, Techniques
• Imaging of Mohan Samant Paintings
• Artist's Biography
• Selected Bibliography
• Appendix
• List of Works
• Index
• Credits
ISBN 9788189995775
Pages 432
Number of illustrations 509 colour and 22 colour
Size 9.75 x 11.9" (248 x 303 mm), hc
Date of Publishing 2013
Language(s) English
Co-publisher(s) Mapin Publishing with Abraham Joel, New York, and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.
Rights Available World rights
"This is a really beautiful set of books that sheds light on the work of an amazing 20th century artist. The paintings are beautiful to look at and the book takes great care in presenting them as true to life as possible."
—Mary Ellen Porto, amazon.com