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

222 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III JAMINI ROY b. 11 April 1887, Beliatore, Bankura District, West Bengal / d. 24 April 1972, Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1903-8 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government School of Arts and Craft, Calcutta Solo Exhibitions 1929 Government School of Arts and Craft, Calcutta 1937 Samabaya Mansions, Calcutta 1938 British Indian Street, Calcutta 1946 London (Ex. opened by E.M. Forster) 1953 New York 1980 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay (2–8 October) 1982 Paintings, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (May) 1987 Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (15 April–17 May) Centenary Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta (15 April–16 May) 1988 The Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (27 May–5 June) 1990 Centenary Exhibition, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay (May) 1991 The Grand Patua , CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi (4–25 January) 1995 Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore (30 March–1 April) From Seeds to Flowers–Jamini Roy and His Roots, Romain Rolland Galerie, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi (1–5 December) 1998 The Simplicity of a Pioneer, The Window, Mumbai (29 October–10 November) Temperas And Sketches, Art Bazar, Calcutta (28 March–4 April) Awards & Honours 1935 Mother Helping the Child to Cross the Pool, Viceroy’s Gold Medal 1955 Padma Bhushan, Government of India 1956 Conferred Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1967 Hony. D. Litt, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Deemed National Art Treasure, Government of India Highly acclaimed by critics in London (1946) and New York (1953) Select Collections Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata CESC Limited Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi Indian Museum, Kolkata Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Archive National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Proctor & Gamble, Mumbai The Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London [U.K.] Select Bibliography Books Venkatachalam G., Contemporary Indian Painters . Bombay: Nalanda Publications. (pp.85–94) Dey, Bishnu & Irwin, John. Jamini Roy . Calcutta: Indian Society of Oriental Art 1944. Venkatachalam, G. & Manu Thacker. Present-Day Painters of India: Manu Thacker Memorial Volume . Bombay: Sudhangshu Publications, c.1950. (pp.88–92) Rao, P.R.Ramachandra. Modern Indian Painting. Madras: Rachana 1953. (p.32–35) Jamini Roy . New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das 1954. [Portfolio] Mookherjee, Ajit. Modern Art in India . Calcutta 1956. [Focus on Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, M.F. Husain, Sunil Madhav Sen, M.B. Samant, Sudha Mookherjee & Tradition.] Rao, P.R. Ramachandra. Contemporary Indian Art . Madras: Vicha Fine Arts 1969. (pp.9–10) Kapur, Geeta. Contemporary Indian Artists. New Delhi: Vikas Publishers 1978. (pp.9, 52, 127, 139 & 199) Moitra, Dwijendra (Ed.). The Academy of Fine Arts: Golden Jubilee – Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Sokolowski, T.W. (Ed.). Contemporary Indian Art: from the Chester & Davida Herwitz Family Collection . New York: Grey Art Gallery & Study Center 1985. [Travelling Ex. held as part of the Festival of India 1985–6 . 10 December 1985–25 January 1986 at Grey Art Gallery & Study Center; 7 February–22 March 1986 at Center Art Gallery, Bucknell University; 3 April–25 May 1986 at Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont. Essays by Gieve Patel, Thomas W. Sokolowski & Daniel A. Herwitz] (pp.25, 43 & 86) Seagull Exhibition. Rekha Rodwittiya . Calcutta 1991. [Text: Shivaji Panikar] Cymroza Art Gallery. Rekha Rodwittiya: In Conversation With My Audience. Bombay 1993. [Ex. 17 March–3 April] Sotheby’s. Contemporary Indian Paintings . New York 1995. (L119, L120, L122, L123, L124, L127 & L128) Sakshi Gallery. Rekha Rodwittiya In Shades of Red. Recent Works 1995-6. Bombay 1996. Sotheby’s. Contemporary Indian Paintings Part II . New York 1996. (L171) HEART/Tuli. The Intuitive-Logic II . Bombay1997. (L174) Sakshi Gallery. Embarkations . Mumbai 1999. Osian’s/Tuli. India: the Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L204) Tao Art Gallery. Nav Nayika . Mumbai 2002. Sarjan Art Gallery. Reflection. Vadodara 2003. (Ex. 24–28 February) Sakshi Gallery. Rekha Rodwittiya Bye Bye Baby! Mumbai 2003. [Ex. 22 February–12 March] Newspaper & Magazine Articles Roshan Shahani. ‘Invoking a Sense of Touch’ in The Times Of India 1 April 1993, Bombay. Sethi, Vickram & Rekha Rodwittiya. ‘Should Group Shows Have A Thematic Focus?’ in Art India Vol.3 No.4 1998. New Delhi. Monirupa Bhattacharya. ’Expressing Bold Impressions’ in The Indian Express 15 December 2002, Mumbai. Dilip Kagda. ’Rekha Rodwittiya’s Show’ in The Indian Express 26 February 2003, Mumbai. Georgina L. Maddox. ’Popping a Vein to Paint in Red’ in The Indian Express 16 February 2003, Mumbai. Georgina L. Maddox. ‘The Godhra Effect’ in The Sunday Express 23 March 2003, Mumbai. Georgina L. Maddox. ’Miniatures On The Move’ in The Indian Express 21 May 2003, Mumbai.