Vins (cartoonist)

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Vijay Narain Seth (10 March 1944 – 26 June 2014),[1] pen name Vins, was an Indian cartoonist and illustrator.

Career[]

Vins graduated from the J. J. School of Fine Arts, Mumbai, in 1968. While still a student, he went across to the Times of Indiafrom J.J.school of art all most next door to meet & watch cartoonist Mario Miranda (whom he considered a mentor) at work.[2] He also started freelancing as a cartoonist for Caravan and Himmat magazines while a student.

He was a political cartoonist for the news magazine Himmat weekly from 1965 to 1981, contributing a pocket cartoon Chalta Hai once a week and from 1969 added two other cartoons with national and international comment.[3][4] Later he started to freelance, doing cartoons on other themes such as science, computers, business, and social issues.[5] He was the first Indian contributing cartoonist for the Indian Edition of Reader's Digest in 1976 when Rahul Singh was its chief editor. Subsequently, he was a freelance cartoonist for the business magazines Business India and Business World[6] and the Indian Express group's business publications. He also contributed to publications such as Science Today <Times of India>publication (1971~1984) and the Swiss satirical weekly NEBELSPALTER.[7]

From 1978~1982, he was requested to contribute cartoons to a fortnightly 'treffpunket' (editor Heidi Rudolf, published from Zurich Switzerland 1978~1987). His work appears in The Penguin Book of Indian cartoons(1988). His cartoons have been exhibited in Hungary, Belgium, France, Portugal and Israel,Korea Japan <1998>>.[7] 21 of his satirical cartoons are now part of the online cartoon museum of Aydin Dogan Wakfi in Istanbul Turkey.

Travels[]

Vins travelled extensively in Europe and met several internationally renowned graphic artists - such as the French cartoonist Andre Francois - whom he counted as influences.[8] He has participated in many international cartoon festivals and exhibited in Europe in the 1990s.

Collections[]

His cartoons have been made part of the permanent collection at the International Cartoon Museum and the Karikatur & Cartoon Museum, Basel in Switzerland.

Awards[]

  • FECO Edinburgh International Cartoon Festival - 5th prize winner in 1990[7]
  • Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations, Berne, Switzerland - the first prize winner at the international cartoon in 1996[7]
  • Taejon International Cartoon Institute, Taejon City, Korea competition - he was the fifth prize winner in 1997[7]

Bibliography[]

  • Vins (Vijay N. Seth), Chalta Hai. Bombay: Miss Kalpana Sharma on behalf of Himmat Publications Trust, 1973.

References[]

  1. ^ Vins: Cartoonist whose humane and gently satirical work illuminated the foibles and idiosyncrasies of Indian life
  2. ^ Seth, Vijay N. "Cartoon-artist Mario: A Tribute". India Art n Design. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  3. ^ Himmat. 1973. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ Himmat. 1974. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Cartoon Exhibition by Vins". Citizen Matters.
  6. ^ Business world. Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. 1990. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Vijay N. Seth (Vins)". Indian Institute of Cartoonists. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  8. ^ Datta, Sravasti (August 24, 2010). "Lines of laughter". The Hindu.
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