Narendra M. Patel

Indian-American; Male; born 1929

Narendra M. Patel was born in 1929. He attended the University of Baroda in India, where he received an art degree. In the early 1960s, Patel and his wife moved to Michigan. He received his Master of Arts in sculpture from Wayne State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1967.[2] Patel moved to Milwaukee where he taught, and became professor emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. "He is known for his sculpture and the innovative technique of chemically changing colors on metal."[3] He has works around the city including a sculpture on the Milwaukee Riverwalk, a sculpture at the Sixth District police station, and two low-relief bronze plaques at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. Professor Patel is also known for landscape paintings on metal, which are collected throughout the United States and India.