Rediscovering an Old Master: A.X. Trindade

Speaker: Baburao Sadwelkar

October 19, 1995 | 6.30 pm
Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

Baburao Sadwelkar, former Director of Art, Govt. of Maharashtra, will present a slide lecture on A. X. Trindade and his work.

A. X. Trindade who excelled in the newly accepted school of painting known as Illusionistic Realism, introduced by British artists, became famous as a portrait painter in a short span of time. Out of the outstanding portrait painters Pestonji Bomanji, Pithawala, Mueller, Agaskar, Taskar and Haldankar, Trindade was the one with a distinctive classical approach. His work show perceptiveness, which imparted depth to his portraiture. The purity of tones and freshness of light were reminiscent of the Spanish painters Goya and Velazquez.

An artist of exceptional talent, he attempted to project his personal vision in the portraits he painted. Art critics referred to him as the Rembrandt of the East in their reviews.