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Born in 1912 in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, Govind Madhav Solegaonkar was educated in Bombay and Indore, and studied at the Sir J J School of Art in Bombay. Following his initial training, Solegaonkar went on to experiment with different styles, and indigenous materials, specialising in murals, portraits and landscapes. His work "...exhibited extraordinary draughtsmanship and moved towards styles which suggested movement through powerful drawing,... Born in 1912 in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, Govind Madhav Solegaonkar was educated in Bombay and Indore, and studied at the Sir J J School of Art in Bombay. Following his initial training, Solegaonkar went on to experiment with different styles, and indigenous materials, specialising in murals, portraits and landscapes. His work "...exhibited extraordinary draughtsmanship and moved towards styles which suggested movement through powerful drawing, and volume through well-modulated silhouette. The romantic nuances of miniatures, and the vigour and dynamism of folk painting are evident." (Pran Nath Mago, Contemporary Art in India: A Perspective, New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2001, p. 49) This seamless assimilation of techniques is evident in Elephants in a Forest, where the flat application of colour, fluidity of lines, and treatment of the two men in the foreground hint at Japanese and Indian miniature painting influences.

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