early life and education pestonjee bomanjee, a prominent figure in indian art, was born in bombay (now mumbai), india in 1851. he received his early education at elphinstone high school, after which he joined the newly opened j.j. school of art in mumbai at the age of thirteen. initially, bomanjee aspired to be a sculptor and trained under john lockwood kipling. artistic career bomanjee's artistic career is marked by his appointment as a draughtsman on the team sent by the j.j. school of art to copy paintings at the ajanta caves in 1872, which he later led in 1880. by 1894, he became one of t…