death_date death_place children birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
10 november 2012 bombay rashna , adil , behroze , shireen gandhy bombay indian kekoo gandhy 02 february 1920 khorshed adenwalla 1944 kekoo gandhy.jpg kekoo gandhy
 kaikhushru minochair gandhy gallerist , gallery chemould -lrb- estb . 1963 -rrb-
kekoo gandhy

kekoo gandhy -lrb- 2 february 1920 -- 10 november 2012 -rrb- was an indian art gallerist , art collector and art connoisseur , who pioneered the promotion of indian modern art from the 1940s .
he established chemould frames , a frame manufacturing business in 1941 , soon he started displaying works of young modern artists k. h. ara , s. h. raza , k. k. hebbar and m. f. husain in his showroom windows .
this led to gradual rise of modern art movement and post-colonial art in india .
eventually gallery chemould , india 's first commercial art gallery , was opened in 1963 on the first floor of the jehangir art gallery .
he was awarded the padma shri by government of india in 2008 .
