Bombay View by SH Raza won the gold medal and VV Oak's Prize in 1948

Over the past few years, painter and art historian Suhas Bahulkar has been making rounds of libraries and museums in Mumbai, Vadodara and Pune to sift through art catalogues and collections. His attempt is to trace the journey of the Bombay school of art, which finds its roots in Bombay Art Society, founded in 1888. The research on one of the oldest artistic institutions of India has made it to a two-volume book. The first, titled The Bombay Art Society (1888-2016): History and Voyage, will be launched at the eponymous exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), this Friday. It celebrates the society's 125 years of existence, during which it has hosted 124 exhibitions.