Gulammohammed Sheikh
Artist
Biography
Gulammohammed Sheikh (b. 1937, Surendranagar, Gujarat) is an Indian painter, poet and art historian, a central figure of the Baroda School. Trained at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and the Royal College of Art, London, he is known for richly layered paintings and portable shrine-like “Kaavad” works and mappa mundi that weave together Indian miniature traditions, Sufi and Bhakti poetry, and world art history. He received the Padma Bhushan in 2014.