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

208 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III RABIN MONDAL b. January 1932, Howrah, West Bengal Education 1948 Enrolled at Government School of Art, Calcutta (unfinished studies owing to financial difficulties) Enrolled at Vidyasagar College, Calcutta 1952 Graduated in Commerce, Calcutta University 1956-8 Indian Art College, Calcutta (evening classes) 1959 Art Appreciation Course, Ashutosh Museum, Calcutta University Teaching Experience & Infrastructure-building Activities 1953-4 Teacher, Local High School, Calcutta 1956-8 Art Director of two films 1960 Member, Society of Contemporary Artists 1964 Founder Member, Calcutta Painters 1979-83 Member, General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1987 Lecturer, Visual Arts Department, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Founder Member, Calcutta Art Fair Solo Exhibitions 1961 First Solo Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1963 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1965 Artistry House, Calcutta 1966 Priyadarshini Gallery, Calcutta 1967 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1971 Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1973 Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1974 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi 1976 French Cultural Centre, Calcutta (15–18 January) 1977 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi (14–20 February) 1978 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1979 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1980 Paintings , Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay (1–8 February) Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1982 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi Triveni Gallery, New Delhi 1983 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi Triveni Gallery, New Delhi (25–31 October) 1984 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta (2–13 May) 1987 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta Art Heritage, New Delhi 1990 Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1991 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1994 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi 1998 Rabin Mondal – Selected Paintings in Small Format , The Guild, Mumbai (3–25 July) 1999 Recent Works by Rabin Mondal , The Alternative Art Gallery, Calcutta (24 March–7 April) 2002 Paintings and Drawings by Rabin Mondal , Gallery Chemould, Calcutta (15–27 February) Select Collections Art Heritage, New Delhi Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata Delhi Art College, New Delhi Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Manipur State Kala Akademi, Imphal Ministry of Industries, Government of India Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Archive National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Rabindra Bharati Museum, Vadodara Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Kolkata Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai [U.A.E.] Select Bibliography Books Mondal, Bani & Sidhartha Basu (Eds.). Rabin Mondal Drawings 1970–1988 . Calcutta: Dialogue 1988. Journals & Essays Sarkar, Sandip. ‘Rabin Mondal’ in LKC 21 April 1976 . New Delhi. (pp.14–6) Sarkar, Sandip. ‘The Tribal World of Rabin Mondal’ in AHJ No. 7 1987–8 . New Delhi. (pp.11–4) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Gallery Chemould. Rabin Mondal . Calcutta 1971. [Ex. 4–14 January; Text: Pritish Nandy] Ashrafi Bhagat. ‘Soaked in Reality’ in The Hindu 7 March 2002, Chennai. Rashmi Vaish. ‘Total Recall’ in Hindustan Times 14 April 2002, New Delhi. Vinita Faridi. ‘Retrospective of Time, Past And Present’ in Hindustan Times 13 April 2002, New Delhi. Uma Nair. ‘Mistress of The Past’ in Asian Age 2 March 2003, Mumbai. Meeta Mishra. ‘Anjolie Ela Menon’s Change of Medium is a Glass Act’ in Hindustan Times 10 March 2003, New Delhi. Georgina L. Maddox. ‘Switching Tracks’ in The Sunday Express 8 June 2003, Mumbai. Kishore Singh. ‘The Grand Seduction Of The Artist’ in Business Standard 30 September 2003, Mumbai.