Souza in the 40’s

Minal Vazirani

Dinesh Vazirani

Conor Macklin

INTRODUCTION

Souza in the

’s

is the fourth Souza exhibition that

Saffronart and Grosvenor Gallery have collaborated on.

This would not have been possible without the help

and assistance of our colleagues at Saffronart, Grosvenor

Gallery, and Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts,

including Punya Nagpal, Anu Nanavati, Abha Housego,

Julian Jimarez Howard, Maia Jasubhoy, Nilima Menezes,

Charles Moore and Kajoli Khanna, as well as Anne

Macklin for editing the text.

We would like to thank all the lenders and supporters of

works including Vikram Rajadakrishna, Annete Trembley,

Rebecca Ibel, Rob and Sonali Dean, Uday Jain, Uma

Jain, Nakul Chawla, Pankaj Sahni, Amrita and Parthiv

Kilachand, Shelley Souza, Keren Souza-Kohn, Francesca

Souza, Anya Souza, Lily Souza, Barbara Zinkant, Ashish

Anand, Sneha Bajaaj, and last, but not least, Kiran Nadar

of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. As well to all those

who would like to remain anonymous.

Special thanks to the Estate of Francis Newton Souza

for granting us copyright, and for giving us permission to

use important vintage photographs from the artist’s archive,

making this catalogue an outstanding historical reference

for future scholars of FN Souza.

We are grateful to Dipti and Raj Salgaocar who are

passionate Souza collectors and champions of the arts in

Goa, and will be hosting the exhibition at Sunaparanta.

Our gratitude also to our families, friends, and supporters

over the last

years who have helped us along the way.