Somalal shah biography for kids

Indian painter (1905–1994)

Somalal Shah (14 February 1905–1994) was an Indian painter and art teacher. Born in Kapadvanj and educated in Bombay and Calcutta, he spent three decades painting and teaching art in Bhavnagar in Saurashtra, Gujarat.

Early life

Shah was born to a shopkeeper Chunilal and Jekorben on 14 February 1905 in Kapadvanj, Gujarat, India. He studied briefly at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad in 1925 and Kalavant Karkhana in Baroda.

Somalal shah biography for kids

He joined Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay in 1926 but left for Ahmedabad after a year. He studied under Pramod Chattopadyaya from 1926 to 1928. He further studied at Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta established by Abanindranath Tagore where he studied under Kshitindranath Majumdar.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Career

On Ravishankar Raval's advice, he joined Dakshinamurti, an educational institute established by Nanabhai Bhatt, as an arts teacher.

Dakshinamurti published a