D. B. Seth 'Deven' was an India

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n painter

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. He was born in Bareilly

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, Uttar Pradesh

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 and completed A.M.T. from Lucknow University in 1964. Then he completed BFA

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 from Delhi College of Art (University of Delhi

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) in 1976.

He was a painter, actively exhibiting since 1964. He exhibited many solo and group exhibitions in India (for example, at the Dhoomimal Art Gallery in New Delhi

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, Taj Art Gallery in Bombay) and abroad. He was a life member of AIFACS (New Delhi) and the Bombay Art Society

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. His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art

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.

He received the 'Kala Shri' award from Prime Minister

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 Chandra Shekhar

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in 1991.