Shanti Dave

Shanti Dave (born 25 September 1931) is an Indian painter and sculptor, considered by many as one of the major Indian artists of the twentieth century. He is a former member of the Lalit Kala Akademi and the Sahitya Kala Parishad. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1985.

Biography Dave was born on 25 September 1931 at the northern Gujarat village of Badpura as one of the four children of a rural family of modest means. He did his education from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1951 from where he completed his graduate and post graduate studies in Faculty of Fine Arts. and his paintings have been sold at notable auction houses such as Christie's

Dave is a former member of the Sahitya Kala Parishad and has served as a member of the executive board of the Lalit Kala Akademi.

Awards and recognition Dave has won the Lalit Kala Akademi three years consecutively from 1956 to 1958. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1985.