Ângela Trindade

Angela Trindade (1909–1980) was a 20th-century Indian painter
Angela Trindade was born in Bombay on 10 August 1909 to Goan Parents Florentina Noronha and artist António Xavier Trindade. 
Like her father, Trindade enrolled in the Sir J.J. School of Art in Bombay and, during this period, became the first woman painter to be granted a fellowship by the same institution.A Gracias, Fátima da Silva, ngela Trindade, a Trinity of Light, Colour and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Goa, 2016, page 48.
The artist's western upbringing, liberal education and creative home environment made it easier for the her to become one of the first women in India to take up painting as a profession.Lowner, Gudrun, Intercultural Dialogue in Art and Religion, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2018, page 77.
In 1936 Trindade was awarded the gold medal at the first All India Women Artists ExhibitionEiland, William U., et al, "Angela Trindade; an Indian Artist" in António Xavier Trindade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996, page 82. and in 1947 had her first solo exhibition in India at the Chetana Gallery, Bombay.Gracias, Fátima da Silva, ngela Trindade, a Trinity of Light, Colour and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Goa, 2016, page 135.
While fond of portraiture, Trindade explored a variety of other genres in her paintings such as landscapes, still-lifes as well as non-representational forms. In 1949, the artist had the opportunity to present her first solo exhibition abroad at the Fine Art Club, Washington D.C., United States of America.Gracias, Fátima da Silva, ngela Trindade, a Trinity of Light, Colour and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Goa, 2016, page 58.
A versatile artist, she did not shy away from experimenting in both Western and Indian styles. Accordingly, she became famous for both her Western style portraits and paintings of Christian themes in Indian style.Gracias, Fátima da Silva, ngela Trindade, a Trinity of Light, Colour and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Goa, 2016, page 63. For the later she was awarded the Papal decoration Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice for her contribution to the world of art and culture in 1955. Gracias, Fátima da Silva, “António Xavier and Angela Trindade: Two Artists, Two Ages at Interdisciplinary Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies, 2018 http://portuguese-diaspora-studies.com/index.php/ijpds/article/view/274/281 However, it was the creation of Tribadism, a style all her own, that set her apart. Using the cultural and spiritual symbolic dimensions of the triangle in her work, ngela demonstrated an individual approach to art which highlighted her creativity and individuality as an artist.Gracias, Fátima da Silva, ngela Trindade, a Trinity of Light, Colour and Emotion, Fundação Oriente, Goa, 2016, page 66.
On one of her many visits to the United States of America in the 1960s, where she relocated permanently in 1963, ngela started to explore Tantric Art and Abstract Expressionism, as the painter believed that only through abstraction could she finally marry Eastern and Western influences in her art.Eiland, William U., et al, “Angela Trindade; an Indian Artist” in António Xavier Trindade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996, page 83-84. 
During a trip to visit her family in Brazil, ngela became suddenly unwell and passed away on 20th March in São Paulo.
A prolific artist, Trindade's legacy is a perfect representation of the diverse influences and artistic tendencies found in the 20th century Indian arts.Fundação Oriente, Selected Works from the Trindade Collection, Goa, 2021. 
After her death, Trindade's work has been exhibited several times. The first solo show of her religious work was shown in 2014 Fundação Oriente, Goa. Her selected works both religious and non-religious were also exhibited in 2016 in Goahttps://www.navhindtimes.in/2016/09/08/magazines/buzz/chronicling-the-life-of-angela-trindade/ and are now permanently exhibited, alongside her father’s paintings under the title Selected Works from the Trindade Collection at Fundação Oriente Delegation in India since January 2021.
While most of Trindade's works still remain with her family members and important art collections, a considerable part of her legacy was donated to Fundação Oriente by the Esther Trindade Trust in 2004.http://www.foriente.pt/2930/the-trindade-collection-in-goa-.htm#.YDTKaugzbIU Among other objects, the Trindade Collection includes 82 paintings by ngela Trindade and 63 works by her father, the renown Goan artist António Xavier Trindade. 
 
Through the works permanently exhibited at Fundação Oriente in India, one can observe the younger Trindade’s growth as an artist. Her early works were immensely influenced by her father’s aesthetics and her western education as is evident in Punjabi with Mandolin (1949) or Town Scene (1948).Eiland, William U., et al, “Angela Trindade; an Indian Artist” in António Xavier Trindade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996, page 82.
A contemporary of Amrita Sher-Gil, ngelo da Fonseca or Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde, ngela was a versatile artist and became famous for both her Western portraits and paintings of Christian themes in Indian style as can be seen in works such as Our Lady of Conception (1956). Eiland, William U., et al, “Angela Trindade; an Indian Artist” in António Xavier Trindade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996, page 82. As her work matured, she established her own style that came to be known as Tribadism, a prime example of which is Shakuntala and the Deer (1960).
Category:Indian painters
Category:20th-century Indian painters
Category:People from Mumbai
Category:1909 births
Category:1980 deaths