A. X. Trindade (b.1870,d.1935)

He won the B.A.S. Gold Medal in 1920 with his famous portrait A Flora, depicting his wife Florentina.

" The paintings of A.X. Trinidade exemplify the exceptional draftsmanship and handling of paint as well as the skillfully executed composition that earned him a place of honor in the history of the early 20th-century Indian art. His artistic style reflects the European preference, disseminated through the British instructors at the Sir J.J. School of Art and his own Western orientation as a Goan Catholic. Beyond the attainment of technique, Trinidade imbued his portraits and his landscapes with a sense of personality, of ethnic identity, and of an era." (Marcella Sirhandi, rpt. in Antonio Xavier Trinidade: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa. Georgia (USA): Georgia Museum of Art [University of Georgia] 1996; p18-9.)