Honorary Art Adviser. A painter's eye, in the service of the house.
Honorary Art Adviser
Painter, writer and a distinguished voice of the Mumbai art world, Mr. Joshi came to the canvas after a long career in journalism, set on his path by the encouragement of K. H. Ara himself. In 2024 he was elected Chairman of the Artists' Centre, Mumbai, the same year the city saw two solo exhibitions of his work, River Returns and Inner Impressions.
As Honorary Art Adviser he lends the house a painter's eye. He advises on what is worthy of its walls, reads every picture before a figure is placed upon it, and speaks with collectors as only a painter can, about the hand, the colour and the life in the work before them.
He works in acrylic and oil, largely in abstraction, and the river returns to his canvases again and again. Of 2024 he has said that after five years spent almost entirely in blue, other colours entered his palette.
His own canvases are offered by the house, and we say so plainly. A collector is always told when a work under discussion is by one of the house's own advisers.
Write to Mr. Joshi+91 98690 14555WhatsApp Mr. JoshiSee his work with the house
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Mr. Prakash Bal Joshi is a Mumbai painter and writer who came to painting after a long career in journalism, encouraged by K. H. Ara. In 2024 he was elected Chairman of the Artists' Centre, Mumbai, and held two solo exhibitions in the city, River Returns and Inner Impressions. He is Honorary Art Adviser to Arts Bespoke.
He advises the house on what it shows and on how a picture is read before it is priced, and he speaks with collectors about the work in front of them.
Yes. His canvases are offered by the house and listed with full particulars and price on the Works page. The house states this openly, because he is also an adviser to the house.
Enquiries
Letters marked for Mr. Joshi reach him the same day through the Client Advisory desk.
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Landscape, nature & trees
Chandra Morkonda. A great tree stands against a vermilion ground, its leaves shaped in blue and veined in gold, each a small tree in itself, set over a field of ringed and patterned colour.
Abstract
Prakash Bal Joshi. A square field worked in ultramarine, violet and teal, with a vermilion form rising through the centre and two dark verticals standing before it.
Devotional & narrative
Ramesh Gorjala. A turquoise face in profile, the tilak white against it, looks quietly out of the canvas.
Abstract
Sanjeev Sonpimpare. Two rounded figures, one in deep ultramarine and one in pale cornflower blue, hold each other in an embrace; a smaller dark-blue form nestles against the pale figure's sh.
All works Abstract Figures Devotional Landscape Ravi Varma Press stones
