The master of masters

A new book on the life and works of V S Gaitonde explores the influences on his art, his personal relationships and the deeply private artist who preferred to stay a loner

Ritika Kochhar
Last Updated at June 4, 2016 02:14 IST

V S Gaitonde’s Two Women, water colour on paper

VASUDEO SANTU GAITONDE
SONATA OF SOLITUDE
Author: Meera Menezes
Publisher: Bodhana Arts and Research Foundation
Pages: 248
Price: Rs 5,500

For a 248-page hardbound book, Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde - Sonata of Solitude, is a rollicking fast read and a fascinating look at the life of "perhaps the boldest artist of the Progressive generation", as Arun Vadehra, a personal friend of Gaitonde, puts it.

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