The Story Of Indian Art #32: Jahar Dasgupta
Fact file Date of Birth: 31 May 1942 Place of Birth: Jamshedpur, India Profession: Painter Did you know? Jahar Dasgupta’s used to draw elephants, dogs, and trees on the floor during his childhood spent in Jamshedpur. Portrait of Jahar Dasgupta In 1960 he was admitted to Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan.
The Story Of Indian Art #31: Somnath Hore
Fact file: Date of Birth: 1921 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh Date of Death: 2006 Place of Death: Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India Profession: Sculptor and Printmaker Did you know? “Mother with Child”, a large sculpture that paid homage to the people’s struggle in Vietnam, was stolen from the Kala Bhavan
The Story Of Indian Art #30: Manishi Dey
Fact file Date of Birth: 22 December, 1909 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh Parents: Purnashashi Devi and Kula Chandra Dey Date of Death: 31 January, 1966 Place of Death: Kolkata, West Bengal, India Profession: Painting Did you know? Manishi was originally named Bijoy Chandra and was the younger brother of
The Story Of Indian Art #28: Vasudeo S. Gaitonde
Vasudeo S Gaitonde was born in Maharashtra in 1924. He called his work “non-objective”. He believed that “there is no such thing as abstract art.” The influence of Vasudeo S. Gaitonde’s abstract paintings on modern and contemporary Indian art is hard to overestimate. His minimalist landscapes, reminiscent in turns of
The Story of Indian Art #27: Devajyoti Ray
An IPS officer, for whom painting has been a passion since childhood, Devajyoti’s works have been described as pseudoreal art in several art journals and magazines. His first solo was held in Kolkata in 2005, which was followed by many more in Mumbai’s Jehangir Gallery and at Delhi’s India Habitat
The story of Indian Art #26: Mukul Dey
“In 1918, I realised a long cherished dream by visiting the Ajanta Caves. I at once made up my mind to copy the frescos but as I had no money, I had to travel to various cities of southwestern India drawing portraits of rich men and selling my work for
The story of Indian Art #25: Jatin Das
“Creativity is a transfer of energy” – Jatin Das Quick facts Born: December 1941 Place of Birth: Baripada, Odisha, India Professions: Painter, Sculptor, Teacher Spouse: Varsha Das Children: Nandita Das, Siddhartha Das Awards: Padma Bhushan (2012), Bharat Nirman Award (2007) Website: http://www.jatindas.com/ Jatin Das is counted amongst the most creative artists of India. He has contributed
The story of Indian Art #24: Jogen Chowdhury
Born in 1939 in Faridpur, Bengal, Jogen Chowdhury studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata, from 1955-60, followed by a stint at L’Ecole Nationale Superior des Beax-Arts, Paris, in 1965-57 on a French Government Scholarship. In 1966, Chowdhury was awarded the Prix le France de la Jeune
The story of Indian Art #23: Akbar Padamsee
Akbar Padamsee is a contemporary Indian artist and painter. He is considered as one of the pioneers in Modern Indian painting. Today his paintings are among the most valued by modern Indian artists. He was awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India’s National Academy of Arts,
The story of Indian Art #22: Portrait of Bharti Kher
Who and what is Bharti Kher? The artistic way to describe her would be to say Bharti Kher is an art of dislocation and transience. She is her work. She reflects her own largely peripatetic life. Bharti Kher was born in London in 1969. She was raised in England. From