Sadanand K. Bakre was born in Baroda in 1920
At the age of 16, he held his first solo exhibition of drawings of figures, still life, watercolour landscapes and clay models of drapery at his school.
In 1939, Bakre joined the Sculpture department of Sir J.J. School of Art. He was trained in a purely Academic Realist style
He learnt the technique of modeling in clay, making a plaster cast and bronze casting and received a Diploma in Sculpture in 1944.
Bakre, along with Souza, Raza, Husain, Ara and Gade was one of the founding members of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, the pioneers of modern art in India.
He participated in their early shows, before travelling to Britain in 1951, where he gave up sculpture and concentrated on painting.
His notable works include-
Way to Cherry Chase, Maryland
Townscape with Domes and Spires (1963), Oil on Board
