works in one-man shows since 1970. In 2007, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University sponsored an exhibition of about 50 of Bhavsar’s works. It was the first United States university to hold a one-man show of a South Asian artist. Earlier in his career, Bhavsar was a John D. Rockefeller III Fund Fellow (1965 –1966), a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (1975 – 1976), and an Instructor of Art at the University of Rhode Island (1967 – 1969). In 1980 and 1983, he participated in Executive Seminars at the Aspen Institute and, more recently, participated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland (2000) and New York (2002). Throughout his career, Bhavsar has associated with a number of acclaimed artists, most prominently, Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970) and Barnett Newman (1905 – 1970). Bhasvar has been included in the Asian American Arts Centre's artasiamerica digital archive. In 2011, a documentary on his life and works, The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar, a Painter's Journey was made by Sundaram Tagore. Personal life Bhavsar married American artist and photographer Janet Brosious Bhavsar in 1978, and they have twin sons. The Bhavsars met in art class in the early 1960s, and she drove him to New York City on his first visit in 1963 to look at Picasso paintings at the Museum of Modern Art. References Further reading Ratcliff, C. Mutability and Metaphor Radiant clouds of color typify the work of abstract painter Natvar Bhavsar, Art in America, 2003, Vol 91; Part 12, pages 80–83 Sandler, Irving, Natvar Bhavsar: Painting and the Reality of Color, Fine Art Publishing (March 1999), External links Natvar Basvar, website Natvar Bhavsar on artnet Our Religion is Imbued with Color, Interview: Natvar Bhavsar, Rediff, January 15, 2004 Abstract expressionist artists 1934 births Living people 20th-century American male artists 20th-century Indian painters Gujarat University alumni University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni Indian emigrants to the United States People from Mehsana district American male artists of Indian descent American people of Gujarati descent Artists from New York City Painters from Gujarat Gujarati people