Bombay Art Society

For some five or six years after the foundation of the Society in 1888, the Exhibits of the European Artists preponderated over those of the Indian Artists as shown by the catalogues of the Annual Exhibitions.

The number of works by Indian Artists exhibited in subsequent years at the Society's Annual Exhibition later considerably increased, while under British Rule.

The then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Sharad Pawar through has given a piece of land in Bandra, Mumbai for the Society's complex which is now ready.

Recipients of the Roopadhar award for lifetime achievement include Sadanand Bakre (2004) and Tyeb Mehta (2007).

[1] [2] The building designed on the lines of Cubist sculptures and resembling European expressionist architecture, house three galleries.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the Bombay Art Society, in Mumbai on February 13, 2016. The Governor of Maharashtra, Shri C. Vidyasagar Rao and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis and others are also seen.