Artists

Desmond Lazaro


Desmond Lazaro (b. 1968) is a painter based in Pondicherry who was born in Leeds, U.K. After coming to India to pursue his MFA at the MSU Baroda, Lazaro became captivated with the historic painting traditions of Rajasthan and began a life long journey of preserving them. He mastered miniature painting techniques by studying under Jaipur Master Banu Ved Pal Sharma. Lazaro also submitted a PHD thesis on the Pichvai painting tradition at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London. Lazaro’s work, as well as his personal history, spans East and West, and he has exhibited extensively in India, the UK, and Germany.
WORK

Bike and drape
by Desmond Lazaro
Pigment painting on Sanganer paper
2008

Untitled
by Desmond Lazaro
Pigment painting and gold shellac on Sanganeri paper
2012

Blue and Gold
by Desmond Lazaro
Manuscript gilded letters on an Indigo dyed cotton cloth stretched on board
2014

ESSAYS

The hand leads the eye leads the hand…

by  Naman Ahuja

After graduating with a painting degree from Lancashire, a Commonwealth scholarship allowed Lazaro to enrol at MSU Baroda for a Masters. Whilst there, Bannuji (the late Bannu Ved Pal Sharma, master miniature artist of Jaipur) was recommended to him by Nilima and Gulammohammed Sheikh. Lazaro became an

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