Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

164 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III J. SULTAN ALI b . 12 September 1920, Bombay, Maharashtra d . 20 September 1990, Calcutta, W. Bengal Education Studied under the tutelage of D.P. Roy Chowdhury. 1939-45 Diploma in Painting, Government College of Arts and Crafts, Madras 1946 Government of Madras Scholarship to study Textile Design at Government Textile Institute, Madras 1947 Diploma in Photography from Lingham’s Institute of Photography, Madras Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1947-8 Senior Instructor in Painting, The Government College of Arts and Crafts, Madras 1951-4 Art Instructor, The Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh 1954-69 Exhibition Officer, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1954 Member, Progressive Painters’ Association, Madras 1967 Member, Artists Handicrafts Association, Madras 1969 Member, Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Madras 1970-7 Vice President, Artists Handicrafts Association, Madras 1977-80 President, Artists Handicrafts Association, Madras Solo Exhibitions 1946 Paintings , Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras 1949 Paintings , Theosophical Society, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh 1963 Paintings , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (10–17 February) 1964 Drawings , Triveni Gallery, New Delhi (8–15 April) Drawings , Gallery Chemould, Bombay Paintings , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (8–15 November) 1965 Paintings , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (December–5 January 1966) 1967 Paintings , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi Paintings , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (7–18 December) 1969 Paintings , Kumar Gallery, New Delhi (18–28 February) 1971 Drawings , Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi (10–20 March) 1972 Paintings on the theme of Bhayanak- Rasa , Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1973 Paintings on the theme of ‘Sanpado-ane- Sanpadi’ (Serpent) , Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi (2–12 November) Drawings on the theme of ‘Triumph of Virtue’ , India-Ink Gallery, California, U.S.A. (5–25 November) 1975 Drawings , India-Ink Gallery, California, U.S.A. (10 January–3 February) Drawings , The Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Drawings on the theme of ‘Divine Truth’ , Sarala Art Centre, Madras 1978 Drawings on the theme of ‘Life’ , Surya Galerie, Freinsheim, Federal Republic of Germany 1981 Drawings on the theme of ‘Symbol of Life’ , Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1982 Paintings on the theme of ‘Human conditions in the 20th Century’ , Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta 1986 Paintings, Retrospective Exhibition (1961-1986) on the occasion of confernment of its “Fellowship”(26 March), Tamil Nadu Oviam Nunkalai Kuzhu (Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi), Madras 1986 Paintings on the theme of ‘Capricious World’ , Alliance Francaise, Madras (2–12 September) Paintings on the theme of ‘Parmanu Darshan’ (Saga of Nuclear Theme) , Sakshi Gallery 1989 Paintings on the theme ‘Thoughts on Art’ in opaque water colour , Iwalewa Hau University of Bayreuth, W. Germany 1991 Drawings, Oils &Watercolours , Galerie 88, Calcutta (24 September–10 October) 1997 Paintings , Art Heritage, New Delhi (24 January–5 February) Drawings , Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi (1–5 November) Awards & Honours 1945 The Divine Light , 2nd Fine Arts Exhibition, The Madras Kerala Samaj 1953 Struggle , All India Khadi, Swadeshi and Industrial Exhibition (Art, Culture and Archaeology Section), Madras 1956 Winter Night , Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, Punjab 1957 Painting, Shilpi Kala Parishad, Patna 1958 Punjab Government’s Silver Medal, 29th All-India Annual Arts Exhibition, The Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar 1963 Sea Life , President of India’s Silver Plaque, 33rd Annual Art Exhibition of the AIFACS, New Delhi Sea Life , Cash Award of Rs. 1001/-, Chitra Kala Sangam, New Delhi Member, Indian Delegation to the First All- Asia Art Exhibition and Conference, Nepal 1966 Drawing Kondapalli , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1968 Invited by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany for viewing ‘Documenta’, Kassel 1969 Guest of the British Council, London 1976 Special Award of Honour, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore 1978 Niranthar , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Silver Plaque of Honour awarded for Services in the field of Art (13 January), United Painter’s Association, Tiruchirapalli, T. Nadu 1985 Silver Plaque for Contribution to Art, presented by the All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society at the 2nd All India Veteran Artists Exhibition, New Delhi 1986 Conferred Fellowship of the Tamil Nadu Oviam Nunkalai Kuzhu (Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi). Government of India’s Senior Fellowship Select Collections Asia and Pacific Museum of Warsaw [Poland] Berlin Museum of Indian Art [Germany] Commonwealth Institute of Australia, Sydney [Australia] Ford Foundation, New Delhi Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, New Delhi Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji [Japan] Massachusetts Institute of Technology [U.S.A.] Museum of Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Neville Tuli & Osian’s - Connoisseurs of Art Archive, Punjab Government Museum, Chandigarh Royal Tropical Museum [Netherlands] State National Art Gallery, Chennai UNICEF, New Delhi Vikram & Varsha Singh, Jaipur