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

185 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES DHARMANARAYAN DASGUPTA b . 7 August 1939, Agartala, Tripura / d . 1997 Education 1957-61 Diploma in Fine Arts & Crafts, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1960s Worked with Society of Contemporary Artists 1966-7 Art Teacher, St. Thomas Church School, Howrah 1970 Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta 1979-85 Teacher, St. Thomas School, Dasnagar, Howrah 1985-97 Faculty, Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Faculty Dean & Curator, Rabindra Bharati University Museum, Calcutta Solo Exhibitions 1963 Artistry House, Calcutta 1984 Kala Yatra, Madras 1985 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi The Calcutta Art Gallery, Calcutta 1988 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta 1991 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 1997 Retrospective , Organised by Society of Contemporary Artists, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta (16–28 December) 2000 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (13–19 July) Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (27 September–16 October) Galerie 88, Calcutta (4–30 November) Awards & Honours 1981 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta CIMA. Recent Drawings . Calcutta 1994. Gallerie Ganesha. Many Faces of Sunil Das . New Delhi 1996. [Ex. 18 December 1995–12 January 1996] HEART/Tuli. The Intuitive-Logic II. Bombay 1997. (L90 & L91) Sotheby’s. Modern & Indian Contemporary Paintings . New York 1997. (L127, L128 & L129) Kunika Chemould Art Centre. Recent Drawings and Watercolour by Sunil Das . New Delhi. Art Today. Sunil Das . New Delhi 1997. [Ex. 5–21 February] Son-Et-Lumiere Art Gallery. Contemporary Bengal Art . Mumbai 1997. [Ex. 18–31 January] HEART/Tuli. Intuitive-Logic: The Next Step . New Delhi 1999. (L234) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 1999. (L279) Osian’s/Tuli. India: The Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L163) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (L145, L146 & L147) The Guild. Engendering – Images Of Women . Mumbai 2001. [Ex. April–May] Bowrings. Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L111) Apparao Galleries. Navarasaa . Chennai 2002. (p.37) Osian’s/Tuli. Masterpieces & Museum- Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L31, L32, L33 & L34) Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration Mumbai 2003. (L7, L141& L151) Christie’s. Indian and Islamic Works of Art Including 20 th Century Indian Paintings. London 2003. (L513 & L514) Sunil Das In Retrospect 1957–2003 . Kolkata 2003. Newspaper & Magazine Articles ‘Sunil Das Shows Creative Vitality’ in The Hindusthan Standard 17 December 1963, Calcutta. ‘Sunil Das’s Deep Hues’ in The Hindusthan Standard 4 December 1963, Calcutta. ‘Sunil Das’s Paintings’ in The Times Of India 9 September 1964, New Delhi. ‘Calcutta’s Sunil Das Shows In Delhi’ in Amrita Bazar Patrika 11 September 1964, Calcutta. ‘Watercolours As Collages’ in The Times Of India 6 April 1965, New Delhi. ‘Art Fantasia Of Sunil Das’ in The Statesman 24 July 1965, Calcutta. ‘Weird World Of Sunil Das’ in The Statesman 4 December 1965, Calcutta. ‘The Other Sunil Das’ in The Hindusthan Standard 16 December 1968, Calcutta. Ruchir Joshi. ‘Creating From the Core’ in The Telegraph 11 February 1984, Calcutta. S.I. Clerk ‘Sunil Das Portrays Modern Man’s Plight’ in The Free Press Bulletin 20 February 1984, Bombay. Sherene Vakil. ‘Unifying Integrity in Sunil’s Paintings’ in The Indian Express 20 February 1984, New Delhi. S.I. Clerk. ‘Husain Should not Seek Cheap Publicity’ in The Free Press Bulletin 21 February 1984, Bombay. Barnali Mitra. ‘To Germany, with Canvas’ in The Telegraph 8 July 1984, Calcutta. K.B.Goel. ‘The Pull of White Spaces’ in Patriot 26 January 1986, New Delhi. U. Rajagopalan. ‘Paintings of Affirmation’ in The Hindustan Times 31 January 1986, New Delhi. Manasij Majumder. ‘ Meticulous Studies of Horses and Bulls’ in Business Standard 17 August 1988, Calcutta. Manasij Majumder. ‘Unique Horses and Bulls’ in Business Standard 21 August 1988, Calcutta. Moinak Biswas. ‘Call of the Wild’ in The Economic Times 23 August 1988, Bombay. Samir Datta. ‘Undimmed Horses and Bulls’ in The Statesman 27 August 1988, New Delhi. Manasij Majumder. ‘Regaining Lost Lustre’ in The Telegraph 30 November 1988, Calcutta. Reshmi Banerjee. ‘Equestrian Inspiration’ in The Economic Times 8 July 1991, Bombay. Sudha Mahalingam. ‘Not One to be Strait- jacketed’ in Sunday Financial Express 23 May 1993, Bombay. Manasij Majumder. ‘Our Art, Their Market’ in Business Standard 11 July 1993, Calcutta. Amishi Dhanuka. ‘My Work is a Protest Against Society’ in The Economic Times 1 October 1993, Bombay. Soumitra Das. ‘Drawn From Mind’ in The Telegraph 15 February 1994, Calcutta. ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ in The Telegraph 30 May 2003, Kolkata.