Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

226 Selected Collections LKA, N.Delhi, & Hyderabad. NGMA, N.Delhi. Jimmy Carter, Ex-President, USA. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, England. WHO Headquarters, Geneva. MUKHERJEE, Benode Behari (1904 - 80) Born: Behala, Bengal. Education & Teaching Experience 1917-9 VBU. 1919-24 Kala Bhavan, VBU. (Student of Nandalal Bose). 1925-49 Teacher at Kala Bhavan (Librarian and Curator). 1952 Started Art Training and Children’s School, Musoorie, U.P. 1954 Appointed as Educational Advisor to Art School, Patna. 1958-70 U.G.C. Professor, Art Theory Faculty, Kala Bhavan. Selected Exhibitions 1921 ISOA, Calcutta. 1969 Retrospective, N.Delhi. Selected Collections Late Rani Chanda Collection & Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. Hindi Bhavan & Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. Kumar Gallery, New Delhi. Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. NGMA, N.Delhi. Mrinalini Mukherjee, New Delhi. MUKHERJEE, Meera (1923 - 97) Born: Calcutta, W.Bengal Education 1937-41 ISOA. 1947-51 Diploma, Painting, Graphics & Sculpture, N.Delhi Polytechnic. 1953-6 Academie de Nildenden Kunstem, Germany, Painting under Prof. Glethe; Sculpture under Prof. Stadler & Heinrich Kirchner; Etching under Prof. Thiermann; Lithography under Prof. Lowasser. Awards/ Fellowships/ Honours 1965 Research Fellowship, Anthropological Survey of India. Conducted a survey of indigenous metal artisans in India. Selected Solo Exhibitions 1941 Painting in Oriental Style, Calcutta. 1952 Paintings & Sculptures, Calcutta. 1960 Sculpture & Painting, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta. 1966 Sculpture show at Chemould Gallery, Calcutta. 1997 ’Bronze Sculptures’, Art Today, N.Delhi. Selected Collections BAAC. Gallerie 88, Calcutta. Herman Abu Museum, Frankfurt. NGMA, N.Delhi. NAIR, Surendran (b.1956) Born: Onakkoor, Kerala. Education 1975-81 Diploma (Painting), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala. 1981-2 BFA (Painting Degree), College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, Kerala. Post Diploma (Graphics), Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU. Awards/ Fellowships/ Honours 1992 Awarded the Charles Wallace Grant to visit England. Invited by the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Arts, Oxford, as Artist in residence for three months. 1996 Artist in the Community: U.W.S. Macarthur, and Casula Power House, Sydney, Australia. Selected Solo Exhibitions 1986 Exhb., Graphic prints, Kerala LKA, Ernakulam. 1989 Exhb., ’Landscapes & Other Drawings’, Vithi, Baroda. Exhb., Dawings, Graphics & Paintings, CMC Art Gallery, N.Delhi. 1991 Exhb., Paintings & Drawings, Gallery 7, Mumbai. 1995 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. 1997 ’The Labyrinth of Eternal Delight’, Nazar Gallery, Baroda. Atelier 2221, N.Delhi. 1997-8 Corollary Mythologies: Recent Works by Surendran Nair. NAVJOT (b.1949) Born: Bombay. Education 1967-72 B.A. (Fine Arts), J.J.School. 1981 Graphics, Garhi Studio, N.Delhi. Awards/ Fellowships/ Honours 1971 B.A.S. 1980 Maharashtra State. 1983 AIFACS. 1984 Chandigarh. Selected Collections Govt. Museum, Chandigarh. NGMA, N.Delhi. Sadrudin Daya. Harsh Goenka & RPG Enterprises. Galerie Dedeke, Germany. NAYYAR, Ved (b.1933) Born: New Delhi. Education 1952 B.A., St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. 1957 National Diploma (Fine Arts), College of Art, Delhi. Awards/ Fellowships/ Honours 1982 National Award for sculpture, ’Mankind - 2101’, LKA. Commendation certificate for “Installation” Mankind 2110 (an Alternative) and Mankind 2110 (The Second Alternative), Fifth Triennale, India. Selected Solo Exhibitions 1976 Kumar Art Gallery, N.Delhi. 1982 Designed a bas - relief reposee mural in copper, 6m x 10m, for the lounge ceiling in Surya Sofital Hotel, N.Delhi. 1988 Drawings and Graphic Prints, ’Nairang’ Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan. 1989 Exhb. of Contemporary Drawings, CMC Art Gallery, N.Delhi. Selected Collections Designed a mural for Surya Sofital Hotel, N.Delhi. PAI, Laxman (b.1926) Born: Margao, Goa. Education & Teaching Experience 1943-9 Diploma, J.J.School. 1947-51 Teacher, J.J.School. 1977-87 Principal, Goa College of Art. Awards/ Fellowships/ Honours 1947 Mayo Medal Award. 1961-3 National Award, LKA. 1972 National Award, Kangra Portraits Show, N.Delhi. 1985 Awarded Padma Shri, Govt. of India. 1995 Nehru Award (Goa). Selected Solo Exhibitions 1947-87 Retrospective 1947-87. Sponsored by Kala Academy. 1950 Bombay (FS). 1952 Rue de Seine, Paris. London. 1953 Rue St. Placide, Paris. Munich & New Delhi. 1954 Bombay, Paris. 1955-7 ’Gita-Govinda Series’, Retrospective (1945-55), Paris. 1956 Rue Monsieur Le Prince, Paris. ’Rosenthal Porcelain Designs’, Munich & Stuttgart, W.Germany. New York, Bombay & Place Dauphine, Paris. 1958 ’Ramayana’ & ’The Life of Mahatma Gandhi’, Bombay & N.Delhi. 1959-61 ’Life of Buddha Series’, St.George’s Gallery, London; Paris, & Bremen. 1960 Rue de Colisee, Paris. 1962 Retrospective (1948-62), Bombay. 1963 ’Ritusamhara’, Bombay. 1964 Bombay, Kasauli & N.Delhi. 1965 ’Musical Moods’, N.Delhi & Bombay. 1967 ’Dance Forms’, N.Delhi. 1968 Bombay, Calcutta & N.Delhi. 1969 New Delhi. 1970 Silpakorn University, Bangkok. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur & Singapore. 1971 ’Ramayana’, Panaji, Goa, N.Delhi & Bombay. 1973-81 Bombay, Panaji & Margao. (Also 1984). 1989 Retrospective, RB.LKA. 1995 Dhoomimal. (Also 1998).