Born on 22nd February in the population of Babaria in the character of Kakaiya in the Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, Bharat to father Sayed Mohammed Razi, a forest ranger and glaze Tahira Begum. Up to glory age of thirteen Raza momentary in the heart of forests, where the Narmada river flows between the Satpura and Vindhyachal ranges.
The village had lone seven houses, one of which was the Deputy Ranger’s threemonth period where he lived. He locked away four brothers named Sayed Yusuf Raza, Sayed Imam Ali, Sayed Hassan Imam, and Sayed Mohsin Raza, as well as connotation sister called Mohammadi Begum.
Attends Kakaiya village primary school under headteacher Shri Nandlalji Jharia.
It testing he who introduces Raza be introduced to the concept of the Bindu as a point of concentration.
Family move to Damoh. Raza lengthened his school education at illustriousness Higher Secondary School.
Here climax youngest and most dynamic tutor, Gauri Shankar, instilled in him a love of poetry ahead Indian culture and furthered rule knowledge of Hindi, music wallet literature. Also, it was relative to that another teacher, Shri Daryav Singh Rathore taught him corner. He also took part fake the creation of a primary magazine called ‘Pushpanjali’ and premeditated the cover of its labour issue.
Obtained his high grammar certificate in 1939 at glory age of seventeen.
Studied painting last drawing at the Nagpur Faculty of Art, Nagpur under distinction art professor Shri M.V. Athawale, a Brahim from Maharashtra. Nearby his time there he was awarded his teacher’s diploma.
Noteworthy taught drawing at the Gondia Municipal High School and mistreatment at the Government Normal Kindergarten in Amrawati.
Married Fatima (who job was parted from during partitition to Pakistan). Raza wanted practice stay in the multi-religious Bharat rather than go to Pakistan which was formed on primacy grounds of one religion.
Proceed sat the Sir J.J Nursery school of Art entrance exam advanced in years twenty which he passed make a fuss fourth place amongst students detach from all over India.
Graduates from blue blood the gentry Nagpur School of Art limit moves to Bombay. His access to the J.J School own up Art was delayed so at the start Raza earned a living manage without joining a designer and swart makers’ office, known as Articulate Block Studio His employers take up the design studio, Jalil Sahib and Ashfaq Husain, gave him a free berth at nobleness studio for three years.
Calico several gouaches looking out be the owner of the studio window overlooking Phiroze Shah Mehta Road, one be totally convinced by the commercial streets of Bombay. At the same time take steps studied in the evening rag the Mohan Art Club beneath the painter Mohan Kulkarni who exempted him from the acceptance fee.
The principal of his J.J Art School was M.Y Kulkarni, part of the Young Turks Group and through him sharp-tasting came into contact with Shiavax Chavda and K.K.
Hebbar. At last, Raza joins Sir J.J. Faculty of Art as a top secret student. Became a regular fan and in his 5th year esoteric Shri Ahiwasiji as a instructor in 1948.
Visited two major exhibitions. One of ancient Indian blow apart in Delhi, the other interrupt a large selection of reproductions of works by modern Gallic painters brought to Bombay coarse the local French Consulate.
were paintings by Braque, Rouault, Matisse, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Bonnard and Chagall.
Exhibited two unframed gouaches at the Cama Hall Close up Society of India. His expression were reviewed by the illustration critic Rudy von Leyden restore the Times of India who praised his works as say publicly most important in the show.
Travelled extensively in India to specified places as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and southern Inida.
Professor Conductor Langhammer of the Vienna Establishment took over as the Fragment Director of the Times unknot India in Bombay.
He precious Raza his studio to bradawl in. He also gave opinions on his paintings and helped him analyse them. Studied scowl by the impressionists as on top form as the Bengal renaissance secondary. Studied Coomarswamy and Herbet Caste. Also introduced to the gleaner Emmanuel Schlesinger owner of honesty pharmaceutical group Indo-Pharma who became a patron of his work.
Awarded the Silver Medal, Bombay Conduct Society, Mumbai.
Raza’s mother passes call off in July 1947 in Bombay.
India becomes independent.
First ever solo put on show at the Bombay Art Intercourse Salon in November inaugurated dampen Rudy Von Leyden.
The Progressive Artist’s Group was formed with nobility six founding members of F.N Souza, M.F Husain, K.H Constellation, H.A Gade, S.K Bakre forward S.H Raza, later joined cattle 1951 by K.Khanna, Gaitonde alight Samant.
Raza’s father dies in Mandla.
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated on honesty 30th January 1948 by a Brahim fanatic.
His four brothers and nurse leave for Pakistan.
Finishes at probity J.J School of Art.
First Progessive Artist’s show in July timepiece the Artist’s Salon at Bulwark Row later called the Bombay Art Salon, opened by Dr.
Mulkraj.
Raza, along with the single maker K.A Abbas and birth actor Balraj Sahni, were entitled by Sheikh Abdullah to expedition Kashmir. Led to a convoy of watercolours exhibited in City and inaugurated by Rudi von Leyden.
Awarded the Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
Commissioned to stain watercolours of South India draw attention to be reproduced in a itinerary of the Volkart Brothers.
That was a Swiss Company wear India between the years doomed 1945 – 1949 founded occupy 1851 in
Winterthur, Switzerland, by Financier and J.G. Volkart. It was set up to establish open commercial relations between India present-day Europe, initially focusing on position import of raw cotton abolish Switzerland enabling a high faint local textile business and import of manufactured goods to India. Rudolf von Leyden worked as unadulterated Publicity Manager for Volkart Brothers.
Employees of the company were able to acquire the nifty watercolours of the calendar.
Visits brainstorm exhibition of ancient Indian sculptures and one of European oversee in New Delhi, both hold which affect him deeply.
Summer extravaganza of paintings in Srinagar, wear the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Here he encounters Henri Cartier-Bresson who advised him to give his paintings enhanced structure by studying the activity of Paul Cezanne.
Held an cheerful at the Institute of Alien Languages, Outram Road, Bombay.
Advised moisten Claude Journot, the councilor at one\'s fingertips the French Embassy in Bharat, advised Raza to learn Country in order to be acceptable for a scholarship by ethics French government.
He spent predispose year studying French attending classes.
Passed two language tests of say publicly Alliance Française in 1950.
Awarded precise two-year scholarhip by the Sculpturer Government.
Left for France in significance September accompanied by Akbar Padamsee and Premela Coelho reaching Cloth on 2nd October, then onto Town by train on the 3rd October.
Met at the Gare beach Lyon station by Ram Kumar in Paris who was by now resident in the city who found Raza a room utilize a hotel on the Regret Delamere in the Montparnasse quarter.
Went to see his first Nation exhibition of Matisse collages squabble the Maison de la Pensée Française.
Enrolled at the recently undo studio of Edmund Heuzé dress warmly the École Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris.
Studied there mid 1951 – 1953.
Spent time challenge the industrialist Jean Riboud ahead his wife Krishna, Henri Cartier-Bresson, the filmmaker Jehangir Bhownagary stomach other friends.
During his time make money on France he visits Autun, Vézelay, Chartres, Carcassonne, Privas, Avignon, Aix-en-Provenance and Menton.
Moves to new chambers at the Cité Universitaire.
First circus in Paris with F.N Souza and Akbar Padamsee at Galerie St.
Placid. Received favourable reviews in the press and rung on French radion for blue blood the gentry first time. All his paintings were sold and passed get on to major collections. Les Hauts de Cagnes, for example, became part oppress Jean Bhownagary’s collection. Other entireness were acquired by Mrs Elie de Rothschild, André Maurois ground Louis Pauwels, the director own up the journal Arts.
Moved to oil painting.
Exhibits at Galerie Creuze, Avenue Messine with Souza and Padamsee. Jacques Lassaigne, the future director of representation Museé d’Art Moderne de Town buys his work Le Soleil Noir.
Decides to remain in France care for the expiry of his polity scholarship.
Financial difficulties meant he attain had to work to bear his living.
Gave Hindi tutorial to Mrs. Zannas, the woman of a Greek shipowner, squeeze Mrs. Colette Caillat.
Commissioned by Supporters. Petit-Duteil, the manager of Staff des Beaux Livres de Writer, a publishing house, to mannequin book covers for writers similar Emile Zola, Edgar Allan Writer and Prosper Mérimée.
Rented a reform on Rue Chaptal from Wife.
Grillet, the wife of unadorned worker at Renault.
First exhibition tear Galerie Lara Vincy, Rue symbol Seine. Agrees to exhibit only with them for the fee six years.
Awarded the coveted Prix de la Critique, Paris. The single foreign artist to achieve that feat in France.
Participated in create exhibition organised by the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris under probity title ‘Les Arts en Author et dans le Monde’.
Further participated in the Venice Biennale.
Exhibited in Tokyo and at significance Zwemmer Gallery in London.
Work was shown at the Biennales comprehend Brussels and São Paulo.
Exhibited bully Galerie Lara Vincy in first-class show titled ‘Prix de cold Critique 1956’. Also exhibited surprise victory the Graham Gallery, New Dynasty where Mrs.
John D. Philanthropist bought Village Church, 1958.
Rented copperplate studio on the Rue nonsteroidal Fossés Saint-Jacques next to glory Panthéon.
Travelled through France.
Divorced his premier wife Fatima.
Married Janine Mongillat, extremely a student at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Town.
He had met her dig Edmond Heuzé’s studio there.
Makes his first trip back misinform India with his wife. Begets further trips back to Bharat in 1968, 1976, 1978 abstruse then every year since 1984.
Solo exhibition at the Jehangir Role Gallery in Bombay and mock the All India Fine Covered entrance and Craft Society in New-found Delhi.
Karl Kasten, a professor give in the University of Berkely joist California noticed Raza’s paintings professed at Galerie Lara Vincy, Town and offered him the peg of visiting lecturer for a handful of months at the University training Berkeley.
Leaves for New York give up his wife.
Introduced to integrity work of Hans Hofmann, Sam Francis and Mark Rothko which has a profound effect disquiet his artistic sensibility. Visited San Francisco and Chicago where type saw the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Requited to New York where sharptasting had been invited for deft month by the Rockefeller Scaffold. During this time he stayed at the Chelsea Hotel.
Starts cause somebody to move towards acrylics.
Returned to Town to a studio apartment status Avenue Secrétan, near Buttes-Chaumont.
Bal Chhabda gives Raza a studio suite on Napean Sea Road situation Raza stays with his old woman and and paints for 3 months.
Finally got a studio for actually in the April and wrote delightedly to Krishna Khanna flick through it.
Started using acrylics gel a regular basis.
Started regular visits to India with Janine. Visited his childhood village as all right as travelling through India.
Invited building block his native state, Madhya Pradesh Government for a homage be first an exhibition of his shop in Bhopal.
Invited by Richard Bartholomew to take part in class New Delhi Triennale where proceed exhibited his painting Maa, 1981.
Awarded dignity Kalidas Sanman by the Do up Government of Madhya Pradesh highest the Padma Shri by position Government of India.
Took part unembellished the Festival of India trade show at the Royal Academy vacation London.
Elected a Fellow of rank Lalit Kala Academi in Contemporary Delhi.
Michel Troche, the Paris Slim Arts Inspector, selected Raza by reason of one of the nine artists to take part in glory exhibition Artistes Indiens en France at prestige Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques in Rue Berryer.
Raza exhibited twelve canvases inclusive of Maa, Rajasthan and Satpura.
The City Herwitz Collection selected two oeuvre by Raza, Rajasthan, 1981, and Terra Amata, 1984, to be included update the Geneva exhibition Coup countrywide Coeur.
Has a one-man show draw on Galerie Pierre Parat entitled Quinze Ans de Peinture 1971 – 1985. He exhibits recent works jump older ones like Village, 1956, Paysage, 1957 and La Forge, 1971.
Had a one male show at Galerie Eterso, City entitled RAZA: ‘Bindu’ ou la quête de l’essentiel.
Exhibited such shop as Bharat, 1990, Kaliyan, Jala Bindu, Germination I, Gestation, Fertilité, Bindu, Kundalini and Plénitude.
Has a major exhibition called Rétrospective 1952 – 1991 at the Palais Carnolè, Musée des Beaux Covered entrance at Menton.
The first regarding that most of his influential works were reunited.
Exhibited at Sept Peintures Indiens Contemporains at Le Monde educate ‘Art, Rue Paradis in Town organised by Raphaël Doueb alongisde K.B Subramanya, Manjit Bawa, Tyeb Mehta, Bal Chhabda, Jogen Chowdhury and Arpita Singh.
He pretended such works as Tam Shunya, La Terre, La Graine, L’Arbre and Kundalini.
Exhibited Nad Bindu, 1995 at the Festival d’Avignon as part of the Reaching For Getting Other show. Here, Ashok Vajpeyi recited his poetry accompanied by Prerana Shrimali, an Indian Kathak pardner, and the musicians Satyasheel Deshpande, the composter, Govind Chakraborty display the tabla, Rakesh Prasanna artifice the flute and Murad Caliph the sarangi.
His work Nagas, 1995, was also selected to present the official poster for illustriousness Avignon Festival.
Invited by the covert railway of Lisbon to import tax a painting for the Oriente station in the complex cruise was going to house say publicly 1998 International Exhibition.
His works The Ocean I and The Ocean II were reproduced and enlarged on cermic tiles, 3.5 x 13.5m for authority walls of the subway.
Exhibited pocketsized Gallery 54, New York at the same height a show organized by Sharan Apparao exhibiting such works as Genesis, 1999.
In February The Ministry read Culture and Communication of dignity French Republic awarded him say publicly Grade of Officer of class Order of Arts and Letters.
Janine passes away on the Ordinal April 2002
Publication of S.H Raza: Mandalas by Olivier Germain-Thomas.
Retrospective at Bishop Gallery, London organized by Saffronart.
Publication of A Life in Art – Raza by Ashok Vajpeyi.
Received the Padma Bhushan by the Government be incumbent on India
Publication of Raza by Alain Bonfand.
Moves re-examine to India. He settles down play a role a house he had soldier of fortune earlier and registered it sufficient the name of the Raza Foundation in Safdarjungn Development Open place near Haus Kaus.
The Raza Foundation is set up recognize his pet friend Ashok Vajpeyi to help promote Indian breakup and culture through its many programmes, memorial lectures and scholarships.
Receives the Padma Vibhushan.
Publication of Raza S H Raza Catalogue Raisonne 1958 – 1971 (Volume I) by Anne Macklin in collaboration with Nobleness Raza Foundation, New Delhi.
Died band 23rd July 2016 in New City, India.