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Nilima Sheikh

Nilima Sheikh (Born 1945) was active/lived in India.  Nilima Sheikh is known for Large scale and miniature abstract painting, teaching.

Nilima Sheikh describes herself as part of the third generation of artists who have engaged with Indian traditions.  To be specific, there was the generation of Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee followed by the one of their student K G Subramanyan from whom she has sought inspiration.

The artist, trained initially in Western-style oil painting, has spent almost all of her student and professional life in Baroda.  Nilima Sheikh was born in 1945 in New Delhi.  She studied history at the Delhi University (1962-65) and painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. (MA Fine, 1971).  She has taught painting at the Faculty between 1977 and 1981.  According to her, Baroda, in the '60s, was certainly identified with modernism. There was an attempt to clear the deadwood that had accrued around the older Santiniketan experiment.  At the same time, many of the influential teachers recognized the value of history and of reinventing   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8730 characters.]  Artist bio

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