Private Collector, Public Legacy

Architect Sohrabji K. Bhedwar's private bronze icons finally surface in a rare public exhibition

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As an architect, Sohrabji K. Bhedwar left his signature on India's most prominent urbanscape by designing art deco marvels across Mumbai. From the iconic Eros Cinema facing Churchgate railway station, and landmark residential buildings like Queen's Court and Green Fields to the Indo-Saracenic marvel of the Syndicate Bank building in Fort, Bhedwar was a master of the arches and turrets that have come to define one of the most influential design movements of the century.

But Bhedwar was also a man of art. He was a connoisseur, scholar and a collector of art, especially of South Indian and Nepali bronzes that have been extensively written about by cultural icon Karl Khandalavala in his essay 'Masterpieces in South Indian and Nepalese Bronzes in the Collection of Mr. S.K. Bhedwar of Bombay' in a 1950 issue of Marg magazine.