Richard Bartholomew

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Richard Lawrence Bartholomew (29 November 1926 – 11 January 1985) was an Indian art critic, photographer, painter, poet, and writer.

Early life

Richard Bartholomew fled from

Bartholomew pursued a career not only as an art critic but also as a writer, poet, painter, and curator.[1] Solo shows of his work were held in Delhi and Bombay in the 1950s. Between then and the 1970s, he documented life around him through photography. Though he rarely exhibited his photographic work during his lifetime, his pictures intimately portrayed his family and his circle of artist friends and associates and his travels in India and the US.^{[citation needed]}

Art critic and writer

Bartholomew was a pioneering art critic in that he was one of the first to initiate dialogues with painters. He fostered a sense of community within the artists and communicated their ideals to the public who were not entirely receptive or convinced of the daring, artistic exploration of India's Progressive Art Movement.

Through numerous reviews published from the early–1950s until the late–1970s in publications like

Barely 58, Bartholomew died in 1985. He is survived by his wife Rati Bartholomew and his two sons Pablo and Robin.

Works

Art criticism

• R. Bartholomew and S. Kapur: Husain. Harry N Abrams, New York, 1971, co-authored by Shiv Kapur
• Krishna Reddy Krishna Reddy. Contemporary Indian Art Series, Lalit Kala Akademi, India, 1974
• R. Bartholomew and P. Bartholomew: Richard Bartholomew - The Art Critic. An insider's account of the birth of Modern Indian Art. issuu Publishing, 2014. [2]

Poetry

• The Story of Siddhartha's Release. (Writers Workshop, India, 1972)
• Poems. (Writers Workshop, India, 1973)
• The Cycle (sonnets). (Writers Workshop, 1986)

Photography

• A Critic's Eye. (PHOTOINK, New Delhi, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai & Sepia International, New York, 2009)

References

External links

• The Official website
• Ram Rahman on Photography in India, Seminar
• The Hindustan Times, Mint Review of 'A Critic's Eye', an exhibition of Bartholomew's photographs at Sepia International Gallery, New York
• The Indian Express Review of 'A Critic's Eye', an exhibition of Bartholomew's photographs at PHOTOINK, New Delhi
• The Hindu Review of 'A Critic's Eye' at PHOTOINK, New Delhi
• The Hindustan Times Review of 'A Critic's Eye' at PHOTOINK, New Delhi^{[dead link]}
• The Asian Age Review of 'A Critic's Eye' at PHOTOINK, New Delhi