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

216 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III RAMKUMAR b. 1924, Simla, Himachal Pradesh Education Studied under the tutelage of Sailoz Mookherjea, Sarada Ukil, Andre Lhote and Fernand Leger 1930-40 Schooling at Harcourt Butler School, New Delhi 1945 M.A. in Economics, St. Stephens College, Delhi University, New Delhi 1944-5 Enrolled at Sarada Ukil Art School (Evening class), New Delhi (Taught by Sailoz Mookherjea) 1948 Silpi Chakra Group, New Delhi 1949-50 Studied Painting, Atelier of Andre Lhote, Paris, France 1950-1 Studied Painting, Atelier Fernand Leger, Paris, France Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1945-6 His stories began to get published by magazines such as Hans and Prateek . Writing constituted a parallel expression for him and he produced four collections of short stories, two novels, a book of travelogues and reminiscences and wrote numerous articles and essays in popular magazines. 1948 Journalism Trainee, Hindi daily ‘Hindustan’ 1950 Member, French Communist Party 1968 Attended Documenta in Kassel as part of a delegation of Indian artists 1971 Organised and curated a travelling exhibition of ‘Ten Indian Artists’ to U.S.A. Solo Exhibitions 1949 Young Men’s Christian Association, Simla (General Cariappa inaugurated the exhibition) Town Hall, New Delhi 1950 Gallery Barbizon, Paris 1953 Alliance Francaise, Bombay 1954 Delhi (Inaugurated by Poet Josh Malihabadi) 1955 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1956 Colombo, Sri Lanka 1957 Alliance Francaise, New Delhi 1958 Krakow and Warsaw, Poland 1959 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1960 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1963 Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi 1964 Gallery Chemould, Bombay 1965 Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi 1966 Exhibition of Paintings , Gallery Chemould, Bombay (October) Grosvenor Gallery, London, U.K. 1968 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1969 Gallery Chemould, Bombay (10–25 February) 1971 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay 1973 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1974 Gallery Chemould, Bombay (31 October–19 November) 1976 Gallery Pundole, Bombay (November) 1977 Chanakya Gallery, New Delhi 1979 Chanakya Gallery, New Delhi (5–20 March) 1980 Art Heritage, New Delhi Retrospective: 1953–80 , Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1982 Sarala Art Centre, Madras Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay (10–22 January) 1984 Bombay Hungary 1985 Retrospective , Art Heritage, New Delhi 1986 Retrospective , Museum of Contemporary Art, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal Retrospective , Pundole Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1988 Alliance Francaise, New Delhi (17–26 October) Kala Yatra and Sista’s Art Gallery, Bangalore (January) 1990 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay Centre for Contemporary Art, New Delhi 1991 Recent Paintings and Drawings , Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta Ram Kumar–Sketches , Rajmata Sudarshna Kumari Kala Deergha, Bikaner 1992 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay (11–30 May) Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1993 Retrospective , National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (November) Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1994 Retrospective: 1949–94 , National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Retrospective: 1949–94 , Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1996 Pages from a Sketch Book , Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay (16 January–3 February) Recent Works by Ram Kumar , A.R.K.S. Gallery, London, U.K. (5–28 October) Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (24 September–29 October) Gallery Chemould, Bombay 1998 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (3–30 May) A Journey Within , A Gallery and Vadehra Gallery, New York, (6–30 June) 2000 Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 2001 Recent Works by Ram Kumar , Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (17 February–12 March) 2002 Recent Works by Ram Kumar , Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, New Delhi, San Francisco, New York (May–July) Awards & Honours 1956 Sad Town , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1958 Woman , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1959 Honourable mention, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1970 J.D. Rockerfeller III Fellowship, New York, U.S.A. 1972 Padmashree, Government of India Prem Chand Puraskar, Award for Meri Priya Kahaniyan , a collection of short stories in Hindi, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1986 Kalidas Samman, Government of Madhya Pradesh Select Collections Deutsche Bank, Mumbai Gallery Chemould, Mumbai Grey Foundation, Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Kumar Gallery, New Delhi Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi National Museum, Prague [Czechoslovakia] National Museum, Berlin [Germany] Punjab Museum, Chandigarh Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi