» Art Gallery 2008  » Art Gallery 2007  » Event 2008  » Event 2007 Sold PAINTING ID : 22 TITLE : Evening Festival at Beneras SIZE: 72 x 48 Inches MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas YEAR: 2007 PRICES: USD  58537.00 : unavailable      : available   Artist Manu Parekh Manu Parekh was born in Ahmedabad in 1939 and studied at the JJ School of Art, Bombay. After graduation he was a stage actor and designer of stage sets. In 1967, he began exhibiting his art and has since participated in many solo and group shows, including at the Hirschorn Museum in Washington. As an art designer and consultant for Indian handicrafts, he has travelled around Europe and led an exhibition of Indian handicrafts to Mongolia. Informed by the whimsy and organic shapes of painters like Joan Miro and under the admitted influence of Picasso and Indian masters like Ram Kinkar Baij and Rabindranath Tagore, Parekh’s work has earned him a number of awards including the President of India’s Silver Plaque, the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, the Birla Academy Award and the Lalit Kala Akademi National Award. A recipient of the Padmashri, he lives in Delhi. Eminent Citizen H.S Narula HS Narula is the head of the DS Group, which has interests in construction, hotels and restaurants, real estate, trading in agro-products, besides retailing. He is based in the UK but his business operations are spread over five countries. In India, he is best known as the head of Ebony Retail Holding, which started its first Indian retail outlet store in New Delhi in 1994 and is one of the largest retail players in India today.