Ratan Parimoo

• 1955 onwards — National Exhibitions of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. • 1956,57,58,59 — Baroda Group of Artists Exhibitions in Bombay. • 1958 — First one-man show, Srinagar. • 1962 — South Asian Artists, Durham, U.K. • 1964,65,75 — Joint shows with wife Naina Dalal, at Bombay, Delhi and I.P.C.L., Baroda. • 1972 — Retrospective Exhibition at Delhi, Rabindra Bhawan. • 1975,1976 — Alumni Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Silver Jubilee, Bombay, Baroda. • 1973,75 — One-man shows at Bombay. • 1976 — One-man show in Delhi. • 1979 — One-man show in Ahmedabad. • 1990 — Organized and exhibited with EIGHT BARODA ARTISTS, CMC Ltd., New Delhi. • 1991-1992 — Artists Against Communalism, Delhi. • 1992 — Birla Akademi of Art, Calcutta, Silver Jubilee Exhibition, West Zone. • 1995 — Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal. • 1995 — Tribute to Husain on 80th Birthday, Aurodhan Gallery, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Delhi. • 1996 — Contemporary Indian Painting, Bombay Art Society, Bombay. • 1997 — Major Trends in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. • 1999 — Retrospective Exhibitions, Jehangir Art Gallery, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay. • 2000 — Retrospective Exhibitions, Natarani Theatre, Ahmedabad & Welcome Hotel, Baroda. • 2002 — Allahabad Museum, Allahabad. — Exhibitions-Auctions of OSIAN'S, Mumbai, curated by Shri Neville Tuli • 2001, February — India: The Passionate Detachment • 2002, July — India in Making, 1757–1950 • 2002, November — Masterpieces and Museum Quality Indian Modern and Contemporary Paintings. • 2005, February — Masterpieces and Museum Quality Indian Modern and Contemporary Paintings. • 2004 — Art for Vision (For Shankara Netralaya) LKA, New Delhi. • 2006 — Parimini Shakla, Fifty years of Ratan Parimoo's Paintings (1956–2006), Baroda, Delhi. • 2008 — Parimoo's Chaurapanchashika: Iconography of A Nayika, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. • 2009 — Parimoo's Chaurapanchashika: Iconography of A Nayika, Habitat Centre, New Delhi. • 2010–11 — Ratan Parimoo's Early Phase, (1956–1960), Sponsored by Marvel Gallery, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Mumbai. • 2018 — CONCOURSE, 9th Annual Contemporary Art Show Exhibition of Kashmiri Muslim and Pandit Artists Srinagar (Kashmir).

Participated in artists' camps: • 1969 — Pavagarh • 1976 — Srinagar, Kashmir • 2005 — Regional Centre, Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow

• 1960-61 – Commonwealth Fellowship to study in London University. • 1967 – One month's traveling in USSR under Indo-Soviet Cultural Programme. • 1974 – JDR Rockefeller IIIrd Fund, New York, USA. • 1978 – Invited to participate in the world Congress of International Society for Education Through Art, Adelaide, Australia. • 1993 – Travelled to London, Paris, Berlin.

He publishes on the arts of Ajanta, Ellora, Jain, Rajasthani, Pahari and Mughal paintings and drawings. He authored Art of Three Tagores- From Revival to Modernity. He is married to artist Naina Dalal.

• Paintings of the three Tagores, Abanindranath, Gaganendranath, Rabindranath – Chronology and Comparative Study (PhD Thesis), MS University of Baroda, Vadodara,1973. • Studies in Modern Indian Art, Kanak Publications-Books India, New Delhi, 1975. • Life of Buddha in Indian Sculpture, Kanak Publications, New Delhi, 1982. Enlarged edition, DK Printworld, Delhi, 2009. • Sculptures of Sheshashayi Vishnu, MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, 1983. • The Pictorial World of Gaganendranath Tagore, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, 1995. • Studies in Indian Sculptures, Essays in New Art History, Books & Books, New Delhi, 2000. • Studies on the Art of Raja Ravi Varma, Thrissur (Kerala), 2006. • NC Mehta Collection Vol I, Gujarati School and Jaina Manuscript Paintings, Ahmedabad, 2010. • The Art of Three Tagores, From Revival to Modernity, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2011. • NC Mehta Collection Vol II, Rajasthani, Central Indian, Pahari and Mughal Paintings, Ahmedabad, 2013 • Treasures from the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum], Ahmedabad, 2013. • Gaganendranath Tagore, A Retrospective, an Exhibition Catalogue, Victoria Memorial Hall in collaboration with Rabindra Bharati Society, Kolkata, 2014. • From the Earthly World to the Realm of Gods, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Collection of Indian Drawings. Ahmedabad, 2019.

• Proceedings of Workshop in History of Art, 1977, published on behalf of University Grant Commission, New Delhi, by MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, 1979. • Vaiṣhnavism in Indian Art and Culture, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1987. • Ellora Caves – Sculptures and Architecture, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1988. • The Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1989. Revised edition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2008. • The Arts of Ajanta – New Perspectives, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1991. • Creative Arts in Modern India, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1995. • The Legacy of Raja Ravi Varma – The Painter, Maharaja Fatehsingh Museum Trust, Baroda, 1998. • (with Sandip Sarkar) Historical Development of Contemporary Indian Art 1800 – 1947, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2009. • Ellora Caves – Sculptures and Architecture, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1988. Revised edition, Apparent Books, Pune, 2018. • Shridhar Andhare, (ed) Ratan Parimoo, Calligraphy and Art of Writing in Jain Manuscripts, Ahmedabad, 2020.

• Towards a New Art History: Studies in Indian Art, Essays in Honour of Prof Ratan Parimoo, (ed) Shivaji Panikkar, Parul Dave Mukherji, et al., DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2003. • RATNA DiPAh, New Dimensions of Indian Art History & Theory, Essays in Honour of Prof Ratan Parimoo, (ed) Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, RH Kulkarni, Agam Kala Prakashan, 2021.

• Hermitage, Lenningrad • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi • Punjab University, Chandigarh • Air India, Bombay • Shyamal Builders, Baroda • Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi Sahitya Kala Parishad, Madhavan Nair Foundation, Cochin, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai • Welcome Hotel, Vadodara. & Private Collections

• 1957 Cultural Scholarship for Painting, Govt. of India • 1960-1963 Commonwealth Scholarship to study in London • 1966 First prize in Painting, Annual Exhibition, J & K, Cultural Akademi. • 1974 Rockefeller IIIrd Grant to study & travel in USA. • 1991-1993 Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for Jataka Stories in Buddhist Art. • 2000 Gaurav Puraskar, Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi. • 2016 Raja Ravi Varma Chitrakar Sanman award, Megh Mandal Sansthan Mumbai. • 2019 'Rabindranath Tagore Birth Centenary Medal' by Asiatic Society in Kolkata at 235th annual meet for contribution to human culture (2018).

• 1981-1984 – Member, Executive Board, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi. • 1982 – Member, UGC Panel Art History / Museology. • 1982-1988 – Executive Secretary, Indian Association of Art Historians. • 1985 – Member, UGC Pay Scale Revision committee. • 1987 – Member, Central Advisory Board of Museums, Govt. of India. • 1993-1995 – Member, History of Science Panel, Indian National Science Akademi, New Delhi. • 1994-1997 – Member, UGC Panel for Art History / Fine Arts. • 1998-2000 – Art Purchase Committee, NGMA, Delhi. • 2003-2005 – Programme Advisory Committee, NGMA, Mumbai. • 2003- 2005 – Board of Studies, Jawahar Nehru University, New Delhi. Board of Studies, National Council of Educational Research and Teaching, New Delhi. • 2011 – Authentication Committee appointed by Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, to access the exhibition of 20 fake paintings of Rabindranath Tagore held at College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata. • 2012-2014 – Member, Board of Studies, School of Art and Aesthetics, JNU. • 2014-2016 – Member, Acquisition Committee, NGMA, New Delhi. • 2015-2020 – Chief Advisor, Textbooks in Fine Arts for class XI and Class XII, National Council of Educational Research and Training.