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Gieve Patel was born in Mumbai in 1940. He was a man of many shades - a practising general physician, a self-taught artist, a poet and a playwright - all at the same time. His first show was held in Mumbai in 1966. Thereafter, he held several shows in India as well as abroad. He was a participant at India: Myth and Reality, Oxford, 1982 and the Menton Biennale, France, 1976. Patel was also an exhibitor for Indian Art from the Herwitz... Gieve Patel was born in Mumbai in 1940. He was a man of many shades - a practising general physician, a self-taught artist, a poet and a playwright - all at the same time. His first show was held in Mumbai in 1966. Thereafter, he held several shows in India as well as abroad. He was a participant at India: Myth and Reality, Oxford, 1982 and the Menton Biennale, France, 1976. Patel was also an exhibitor for Indian Art from the Herwitz Collection, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts and Coups de Coeur, Geneva, 1987.

Patel drew his inspiration from various human situations. He saw a sense of poetry even in the rough situations that humans have to face and his paintings are a manifestation of this. The common man doing everyday things is a regular feature of his work. His paintings reveal that he was a keen observer: the clothes, the postures and the stances that he encountered everyday are faithfully reproduced in his work.

Patel died in Pune in 2023 at age 83.

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