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Laxmi Prasad Sihare was an Indian civil service officer, curator, art writer and the director-general of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA).[1] It was during his directorship, an art exhibition on Auguste Rodin was organized by the museum.[2]

Laxmi Prasad Sihare
Born	(1929-11-07)7 November 1929 India
Died	1993 India
Occupation	Civil service officer, curator, art writer
Known for	art writings, museum administration
Awards	1987 Padma Bhushan

Sihare joined NGMA as the director-general in 1984.[3] One of his main contributions was his timely intervention in stopping the 1995 public auction of the Jewels of the Nizams,[4] which included the Jacob Diamond, an uncut diamond ranked fifth in the world in size.[5][6] He obtained a court order in 1979 and stopped the auction of the jewels to buyers which included bidders from abroad.[7] He published a number of books and monographs,[8] including Oriental influences on Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian : 1909-1917,[9] Paul Klee : sixty oil paintings, water colours, pastels and drawings (1909-1939),[10] Restoration of oil painting : techniques[11] and Computer art.[12] The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 1987.[13]

Sihare retired from government service in 1991 and died in 1993.[3]

See also

References

Further reading

• Ramamrutham), Bala Krishnan, Usha R. (Usha (2001). Jewels of the Nizams. New Delhi: Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India in association with India Book House, Mumbai. ISBN 8185832153. OCLC 50069660.

External links

• "Selected Exhibition History" (PDF). Guggenheim. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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