SADANAND BAKRE (B. 1920)

Sadanand Bakre's "mild appearance seems to belie his forthrightness. His handshake is gentle, his eyes soft, and his beard slight and unaggressive. He is clearly a very sensitive man. His current exhibition of paintings and sculptures is a bright and varied collection. He never seems to go wrong with colours, strong, pure tones mix boldly and easily, and there is warmth in every picture. Mr. Bakre does not paint abstracts and although some of the pictures seem to be random collections of shapes, he says, each work still represents something that he sees first in his mind's eye. He is happiest when he can spread himself over a large canvas. He has developed some characteristic forms and has room to set them boldly down. His sculpture clearly influences his painting, giving it a marked third dimension" (The Times, London, 1961).