Shanti Dave was born in Ahmedabad in 1931. He is a student of the first batch of 1956 at the University of Baroda. His early work was based on miniature paintings which also had some element of cubist distortion.
All the works have been more figurative. Probably due to the influence of the rural environment of his childhood, he has tried to depict the same environment in his paintings. But there is no romantic feeling in them.
Rural subjects like figures of panghat, bullock cart, fishermen, farmers, etc., and backgrounds of huts, fields, etc., ornate colorful clothes, etc. have been depicted in