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May 05, 1930 Pomburpa, Goa, India 94 years old
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About Vamona Navelcar
- Vamona Ananta Sinai Navelcar (born 5 May 1930) is an artist from Goa, India, who has studied and worked in Portugal, Mozambique and Goa.
- Navelcar is based in Pomburpa village.Navelcar, now in his 80s, began his art career in Mozambique, after training in Portugal, where he also lived for some time.
- He excels in Christian figurative art.
- He adopted the name of "Ganesh", after an incident that caused him to be "reborn" (Lord Ganesh is associated with new beginnings) and in memory of his brother Ganesh.Navelcar has been called "a state treasure of Goa, whose remarkable oeuvre spans several decades." He has twice received the Gulbenkian Foundation Fellowships (1963 and 1971) and he won an international award at the International Exhibition of Art in Monte Carlo for his ink drawing, Angoch Woman.
- He is considered a "prolific master of line" with a specialisation in murals and bas-relief composed of metallic, wooden and glass structures and his works form part of private and museum collections worldwide.
