Satish Gujral is an Indian artist born in 1925 in Jhelum, Pakistan. He is known for his paintings, sculptures, murals and architecture. Gujral was part of the Progressive Artists' Group in Mumbai and studied art in Lahore, Mumbai, and Mexico. His early works focused on the anguish of partition through pieces like Mourning En Masse. Throughout his career, Gujral experimented with different mediums and materials. Notable works include his burnt wood sculptures and the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi. Gujral has received several honors and awards for his contributions to art.

1. SATISH GUJRAL
MADE BY: MANISHA KHANDELWAL and KASHIF ZAFAR
-- Living Legend

2. SATISH GUJRAL
 BORN :25 DECEMBER 1925 (AGE 90) Jhelum, Punjab
 NATIONALITY: Indian
 EDUCATION: Mumbai
 KNOWN FOR: Painting, Sculpting, Muralist, Architect, Writer, &
Graphic Designer .
 SPOUSE: Kiran
 Satish Gujral published 4 books including an autobiography.

3. EARLY LIFE
 Satish Gujral was born in JHELUM, PUNJAB . At the age of 8, a
sickness resulted in impairment of hearing.
 He lost his brother RAJ in the mishap.
 May be it is the perpetual silence that surrounded him that helped him
to discover the artistic talent in him.
 During his early years of sickness, “entombed in silence”, as he said,
he read Urdu literature and went on doodling with a pencil on a paper.

4. EDUCATION/ ORIGINATION
 In 1939 he joined MAYO SCHOOL OF ARTS in Lahore to study applied arts
and mastered stone and wood carving , clay modeling, scale drawing, design, etc.
 3 years before the partition of India, In 1944 he moved to Bombay and enrolled
in SIR JJ SCHOOL OF ART for diploma in fine arts and to became a member of
Progressive artists group (PAG) which includes S.H. Raza, EN. Souza, P.N. Mago,
M.F. Hussain and many others.
 In 1947 due to recurring sickness he was forced to drop out of school and leave
Bombay.
 In 1952 he got a scholarship to study at PALACIO NATIONAL DE BELLES
ARTES, MEXICO.
Mayo school of arts,
Lahore
Sir JJ school of art,
Bombay
Palacio National
de belles artes,
Mexico

5. TRANSFORMATION IN MEDIUM
 The social content dominated his paintings and graphics, and the
anguish of the nations who lost their homes and families during the
partition of the country came out in anger, sweeping gestural
brushwork in his paintings.
 His search was on for what was living and life-giving in the
traditional arts and crafts of India, and he diversified his sculpture
materials with machined industrial objects in steel, copper, glass,
often painted in strong enamel colors.
 Later he tried out the junk sculptures, introducing light and
sound in them.

6.  Since the late ‘80s up to the recent years, Satish
Gujral’s paintings and sculptures further
diversified both in terms of material and content.
 Satish Gujral’s sculptures in burnt wood have
came with a kind of visceral exposure of forms,
human and otherwise.
 He executed commissions to make large
murals, mostly in mosaic and ceramic tiles and
later in machined steel elements, simulated his
interest in their immediate architectural context.
anger, sweeping gestural
brushwork in his paintings
he diversified his sculpture
materials with machined
industrial objects in steel,etc.
junk sculptures, introducing
light and sound in them.
TRANSFORMATION
Sculptures in burnt wood
large murals, mostly in mosaic
and ceramic tiles & later in
machined steel elements
architectural context

7. WORKS
 The partition of India and the associated agony of the immigrants
impacted a young Satish which manifested itself in the art works he created
later.
 From 1952 to 1974 Gujral organised shows of his sculptures, paintings
and graphics in many cities across the world such as New York , New
Delhi, Montreal, Berlin and Tokyo among other cities.
 Satish Gujral was an architect also and his design of Belgium Embassy
in New Delhi was selected by the international Forum of architects as one
of the finest buildings built in the 20th century.

8. • Mourning En Masse
• The Days of Glory
• The Raising of
Lazarus
• Meera Bai
• SCULPTURE
MATERIAL
• Burnt wood
• Brass
• Bronze
• Ceramic
• Belgian Embassy, new
Delhi
• Daryani House, new
Delhi.
• Goa University
• CMC, Hyderabad
• Punjab university
• World trade fair, new
Delhi
• Northern railway, new
Delhi
• Shastri Bhavan, new
Delhi
EXECUTED
MURAL FOR DESIGN
PAINTINGSSCULPTURE
WORKS

9. FAMOUS PAINTINGS
1. MOURNING EN MASSE
• Medium : CHARCOAL ON PAPER
• Date : 1947-1948.
• Event : INDIA – PAKISTAN
PARTITION
• Concept : He considers to be living and life
giving in the tradition of arts and crafts of
India.
Social content dominates his paintings and
THE ANGUISH OF THE NATIONS
WHO LOST THEIR HOMES AND
FAMILIES DURING THE PARTITION
OF THE COUNTRY came out in anger,
sweeping gestural brushwork in his
paintings.

10. THE DAYS OF GLORY
 Date: 1952
 Medium: CHARCOAL ON PAPER
 Event: INDIA-PAKISTAN
PARTITION
 Concept: THE ANGUISH OF THE
MILLIONS WHO LOST THEIR
HOMES &FAMILIES DURING THE
PARTITION OF HIS COUNTRY.

11. MEERA BAI
 Medium : MIXED MEDIA ( OIL, ACRYLIC, MARBLE
GRAIN) / CANVAS
 Date : 1999
 Size 512*512 MM

12. ARCHITECTURE
BELGIAN EMBASSY, new
delhi
• In 2000, the building was recognised as
one of the 1000 best buildings in the
19th century.
• Features : Multi dome, Arches, Brick,
Watershed
• The building is constructed with red
bricks.
• The entrance opens into a courtyard
with stone masonary and greenery
within.

13. • It is a sculpture form, specially
from the outside. Moving inside is
like moving through sculpted
spaces.
• Here in lies the problem.
“Probably after having conceived
of the form, Gujral didn’t want to
compromise with it and was
therefore not able to plan the
openings, windows and doors,” he
clarifies adding “We architects
feel that form of the building
should emerge form the
foundations and function rather
then vice versa”.

14. SCULPTURE
• Height: 12 FEET
• Concept: Man and
Machine into a unified
energy matrix; THE
MACHANICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL
CONFRONT AND
COMPLIMENT
EACH OTHER.

15. SG 161
Bronze
Height: 15”
Weight: 24 kg
SG 162
Brass
Height: 15”
Weight: 20 kg
SG 168
Brass
Height: 15”
Weight: 18 kg
BRASS & BRONZE SCULPTURE
SG 163
Brass
Height: 12”
Weight: 9 kg

16. BURNT WOOD SCULPTURE

17. MURAL
Punjab University mural
A mural by Satish Gujral at Punjab
Agricultural University campus in
Ludhiana, Punjab

19. BOOKS ON SATISH GUJRAL
 A BRUSH WITH LIFE: AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Writer: Satish Gujral
• About: An Autobiography
 SATISH GUJRAL: AN
ARTOGRAPHY
• Writer: Gayatri Sinha, Sunto
Dutta & Gautam Bhatia
• About: Aesthetic & Personal
Journey of him over Last
Five Decades.

20. PERSONAL LIFE
 Spouse: KIRAN, lives in new delhi.
 Son: MOHIT GUJRAL, who is an architect is married to former
model, Feroze Gujral .
 Daughter: ALPANA is a jewelery designer and RASEEL is an
interior designer.
 Elder Brother: was former Indian Prime Minister , INDER
KUMAR GUJRAL..

21. POPULAR IN CULTURE
 Dozens of documentaries have been made recording his
work and a full feature film on his life is in the making.
 A 24minute documentary called “A Brush With Life” was
released on 15 februray 2012 which was based on his own
book with the same name.
 Four (4) books of his work have been published including
an autobiography.

22. TIMELINE
 1925 : Born in Jhelum, Pakistan
 1944 : Joined J.J. School of Arts, Bombay
 1947 : Discontinued from J.J. School of Arts, Bombay due to recurring
illness
 1952 : Left for Mexico
 1956 : Won National Award for painting
 1972 : Won Order of the Crown from Belgium
 1999 : Was honored with the Padma Vibhushan Award

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