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Syed Haider Raza Alias S.H. Raza (born 22 February 1922) is an Indian artist who has lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintains strong ties with India.〔(Syed Haider Raza turns 85 ) The Hindu, 21 Feb 2007.〕 His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with a very rich use of color, replete with icons from Indian cosmology as well as its philosophy.〔(Painting is like sadhana... ) dnaindia, 18 September 2005.〕〔(Artist Details ) Raza at serigraphstudio.com.〕 He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi〔(Lalit Kala Ratna Profiles ) Official list of Awardees at lalitkala.gov.in.〕 in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2007,〔(Padma Bhushan Awardees )〕 and Padma Vibhushan in 2013. He was conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the ''Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur'' (Legion of Honour) on July 14, 2015. He became one of India's priciest modern artist on 10 June 2010 when a seminal work, ''Saurashtra'' by the 88-year-old was sold for 16.42 crore ($3,486,965) at a Christie's auction.〔(Raza's ''Saurashtra'' Artwork and Auction details ) OSIANAMA.COM〕 == Early life and education == Syed Haider Raza was born in Babaria,〔(Biography ) shraza.net, the Official website.〕 Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, to Sayed Mohammed Razi, the Deputy Forest Ranger of the district and Tahira Begum,〔(Artist Bio ) Raza Retrospective 2007, New York.〕〔(Profiles ) S H Raza at delhiartgallery.com.〕 and it was here that he spent his early years and took to drawing at age 12; before moving to Damoh also in Madhya Pradesh at 13,〔(Profile of the Month ) Sayed Haider Raza at indianartcircle.com.〕 where he completed his school education from Government High School, Damoh.〔(Artist Summary ) Sayed Haider Raza at artfact.com.〕 After high school, he studied further at the Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur (1939–43), followed by Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay (1943–47),〔(Artist Background )〕 before moving to France in October 1950 to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSB-A) in Paris, 1950-1953 on a Govt. of France scholarship.〔(Artist Directory ) S H Raza at art.in.〕 After his studies, he travelled across Europe, and continued to live and exhibit his work in Paris.〔 He was later awarded the Prix de la critique in Paris in 1956, becoming the first non-French artist to receive the honour.〔() S. H. Raza at vadehraart.com.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. H. Raza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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