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A. D. Tavaria was a Bombay based painter trained in the academic style of painting. He was active between early to mid 20th century and his body of work comprised mainly of portraits and plein air landscapes of Bombay. Along with working in the mediums of oil and watercolor, Tavaria also painted portrait bromide photographs for his patrons who were predominantly from the Parsi community. His studio was located at the Bazar Gate lane in the Fort area of Bombay from where he also administered art lessons to his students. Tavaria was a highly skilled painter and he widely exhibited and won at various exhibitions held at Calcutta, Madras, Bhavnagar, Shimla, Pune, Lahore and Nagpur.