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Water colour: First solo exhibition

New Delhi, 1957

Manohar Kaul’s first solo exhibition unveiled a series of delicate watercolours—intimate meditations on Kashmir, where memory and place dissolve into luminous washes of light, form, and feeling.

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Press Reviews

The Times of India, December 1957.

Press clipping showing Manohar Kaul with Dr. Keskar

News photo: Manohar Kaul with Dr. B. V. Keskar at the exhibition, December 1957

Hindustan Times review of Manohar Kaul's exhibition

Press review from The Hindustan Times, December 1957.

Review titled 'Landscapes on View' about Manohar Kaul's 1957 exhibition

Newspaper review titled “Landscapes on View”, December 1957.

Review titled 'Merry Go Round' by Pollux about Manohar Kaul's 1957 exhibition

Newspaper column titled “Merry Go Round” by Pollux, December 1957.

Exhibition Highlights

A selection of archival photographs from Manohar Kaul’s 1957 exhibition. These images capture moments from the preparations, the inauguration, and the people who attended. Photographs are in black and white, as colour photography in India at the time was rare and costly.

painting – 1957 exhibition — Painting displayed at the 1957 exhibition

Portrait of Manohar Kaul — Manohar Kaul working on a painting for the 1957 exhibition

Manohar Kaul with Dr. B. V. Keskar at the inauguration — Manohar Kaul with Dr. B. V. Keskar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, at the inauguration, December 17, 1957

Family viewing paintings at the 1957 exhibition — Manohar Kaul with his wife Mohini; daughters Usha, Uma, and Suman; and relatives viewing paintings at the 1957 exhibition.

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