Born in Maharashtra in 1935, B Vithal studied at the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. He was an artist who was a master sculptor and painter. While his sculptural works were known for their monumentality his paintings captured the personal and intimate. But in both forms the innate understanding of the human form comes through very strongly.


This is not surprising as he studied at the Sir J.J.School of Art, which lay emphasis on the study of the human form through it's live model studio classes, it is also a school that is filled with large sculpture casts of the Greek and Roman sculptures. It was also here that he met his wife and fellow artist B Prabha. They were married in 1956...