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

190 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III JAMINI PROKASH GANGOOLY b . 3 November 1876, Calcutta, West Bengal d . 1953, Calcutta, West Bengal Education Studied under the tutelage of Gangadhar Dey and Charles G. Palmer (Oil painting) Student at Calcutta School of Art Teaching Experience & Infrastructure-building Activities 1900 Kadambari paintings displayed in an exhibition of Indian Art during the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Appeared in the journal, Pradip where they were appreciated by Rabindranath Tagore 1905 Member, Bangiya Kala Samsad, a voluntary art association 1916-28 Vice Principal, Government Art School, Calcutta 1921 Advisor to Members of The Society of Fine Arts, who were promoting Western Academic Art 1942 Published Early Reminiscences Bengali journal Sahitya carried reproductions of his works Colour prints of his paintings featured regularly in Prabasi and The Modern Review Awards & Honours 1902 West Banks of the Ganges , Finlay Award, Simla Art Society Exhibition, Simla 1904 Morning Mist , Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1910 Seascape , Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1930s Conferred ‘Cavalier to the Crown’ by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy On a Cloudy Night received great critical acclaim in The Times of India, for capturing a typical view of nature and the peculiar quality of the Indian intellect. Select Collections Indian Museum, Kolkata New York Art Gallery, New York [U.S.A.] Shri Bhavani Museum, Aundh Maharaja Jatindra Mohun Tagore Nawab of Rampur Queen Consort of Victoria Emmanuelle III of Italy Royal Family of Bhopal Royal Family of Cooch-Behar Royal Family of Darbhanga Royal Family of Indore Royal Family of Jodhpur Royal Family of Tripura Select Bibliography Books Subramanyan, K.G. The Living Tradition . Calcutta: Seagull Books 1987. (pp.76–7) Guha-Thakurta, Tapati. The Making of a New ‘Indian’ Art . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1992. (pp.72–3,111 & 132, 137, 214, 277, 318–9 & 323) Bhattacharya, Asok K. Calcutta Paintings . Calcutta: Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, West Bengal 1994. (pp.69– 70) Mitter, Partha. Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850–1922 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994. (pp.58, 67, 69, 72, 89, 110–4, 229, 359, 274–5, 277, 308, 314, 318, 330 & 355) Vadehra Art Gallery. Indian Contemporary Art Post-Independence . New Delhi: 1997. [Essay by E. Datta] (p.32) CIMA. Art of Bengal Past and Present, 1850–2000 . Kolkata: 2000. (pp.28–30 & 119–20) Mitter, Partha. Indian Art . Oxord: Oxford University Press 2001. (p.175) Sinha, Gayatri.(Ed.) . Indian Art: An Overview . New Delhi: Rupa & Co 2003. [Essay by Sanjoy Mallik] (p.86) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Bombay Art Society. Story of a Hundred Years The Bombay Art Society 1888–1988: The Retrospective Exhibition of Old Masters. Bombay 1989. [Compiler: Baburao Sadwelkar] (p.9) NGMA. Catalogue of Collections, Vol.1. New Delhi1989. (p.197) HEART/Tuli. Intuitive-Logic: The Next Step . New Delhi 1999. (L128) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings . London 1999. (L4 & L5) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern Journals & Essays ‘Seven Contemporary Artists: Manishi Dey, Pradosh Das Gupta, Sudhir Khastgir, H.A. Gade, Gopal Ghose, Ramkinkar Baij & Sailoz Mookherjea’ in Marg Vol.5 No.1. 1951 . New Delhi. (pp.34–47) Gade, H.A. ‘Seven Contemporary Artists: H.A. Gade’ in Marg Vol.5 No.1 1951 . New Delhi. (pp.40–1) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Bombay Art Society. Story of a Hundred Years The Bombay Art Society 1888–1988: The Retrospective Exhibition of Old Masters. Bombay 1989. [Compiler: Baburao Sadwelkar] (p.76) NGMA. Catalogue of Collections, Vol.1. New Delhi 1989. (p.92) Christie’s. Indian Contemporary Art. London 1997. (L35 & L36) Sotheby’s. The Indian Sale . London 1997. (L333, L334 & L335) Sotheby’s. Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings . New York 1997. (L104, L105 & L106) Christie’s. Twentieth Century Indian Art . London 1998. (L38) Sotheby’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art . New York 1998. (L310) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings. London 2000. (L219) Nehru Centre. Millennium Show : A Century of Art from Maharashtra. Mumbai 2000. [Ex. Part 1/ 14–28 December; Part 2/ 30 December–13 January 2001; Text: Nina Rege] (pp.54 & 89) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent. London 2001. (L52) Osian’s/Tuli. India: the Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L139) Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (L76, L77 & L78) Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Mela: The ABC Of India. Mumbai 2002. (L103) Osian’s/Tuli. Masterpieces & Museum- Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L136, L137 & L138) Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L159 & L165)