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

224 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III PROSANTO ROY b. 1908, Calcutta, West Bengal / d. 1973, Santiniketan, West Bengal Education 1921 Joined Pathabhavana, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan (Nandlal Bose was the Principal). Offered some of his works to the student magazine and started drawing its covers. Continued his art training at the Abanindranath-Gaganendranath Tagore atelier of Jorasanko, Calcutta under Gaganendranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore. The association lasted for 28 years. Teaching & Infrastructure-building Activities 1952 Curator, Kala Bhavan Museum, Santiniketan 1952-73 Teacher, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan Helped Abanindranath Tagore design the stage sets for the the plays held at Jorasanko Had a deep interest in carpentry, photography and radio. His love for dramatics and music found expression in the songs written for Abanindranath’s play Espar Ospar. Solo Exhibitions 1949-50 Calcutta 1951-2 New Delhi 1955 Bombay; Calcutta 1956 Gwalior 1958 Lucknow 1971 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (15–28 November) 1998 Paintings, A Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta (14 November–5 December) Select Collections Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai [U.A.E.] Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Archive Nawaz & Gautam Singhania, Mumbai Select Bibliography Auction & Exhibition Catalogues BAAC. Prosanto Roy – A Retrospective. Calcutta 1998. [Ex. 14 November–5 December. Text: Kanchan Chakraberti] Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 2000. (L150) Christie’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art including 20th Century Indian Paintings . New York 2000. (L276) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2000. (L42, L43 & L44) CIMA. Art of Bengal Past and Present 1850–2000. Calcutta 2000. (p.230) Delhi Art Gallery. Face-off 1900–80s: An Exhibition of Indian Old Masters & Moderns. New Delhi 2000. [Ex. 15 April–31 May. Text: Santo Datta] Osian’s/Tuli . India: the Passionate Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L95 & L96) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (L42) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2001. (L62) Christie’s. Southeast Asian & 20th Century India Picture Sale . Singapore 2001. (L147) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2001. (L25 & L26) Sotheby’s. Islamic and Indian Works of Art . London 2001. (L360 & L361) Delhi Art Gallery. Changing Images An Exhibition of 20 th Century Indian Art. New Delhi 2001. [Ex. Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai 7–14 August] (p.122) Osian’s/Tuli. Masterpieces & Museum – Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L47, L80 & L81) Osian’s/Tuli. Forty Masterpieces. 20th Century Drawing & Painting From India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka . Mumbai 2003. (L11) Delhi Art Gallery. Poetry and Patriotic Fervour: Indian Art Pre-Independence. New Delhi 2003. [Ex. 19 April–19 May] (p.94) Delhi Art Gallery. Manifestations: Indian Art in the 20th Century from DAG Collection. New Delhi 2003. [Ex. 29 November–13 December] (p.62) London 2000. (L152, L153, L154, L155, L156, L162, L163 & L164) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures. The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 2000. (L123 & L127) Osian’s/Tuli. India: The Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L36, L37, L55 L56, L57, L104, L105, L207 & L208) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila . Mumbai 2001. (L6, L13 & L46) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent. London 2001. (L3, L4, L6 & L15) Christie’s. Indian & Southeast Asian Art including 20th Century Indian Paintings . New York 2001. (L219) Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Mela. The ABC of India . Mumbai 2002. (L23 & 24) Bowrings. Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L22, L23, L24, L25, L28, L30, L33, L34, L44 & L46) Bowrings. European & Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . New Delhi 2002. (L139) Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-figurative Narration: Auctions of Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings and Books . Mumbai 2003. (L4 & L152 & L153) Christie’s. Southeast Asian & 20th Century India Pictures . Hong Kong 2003. (L71) Sotheby’s. Islamic and Indian Art . London 2003. (L160) Christie’s. Indian and Islamic Works of Art Including 20th Century Indian Paintings . London 2003. (L516 & L517) Delhi Art Gallery. Poetry and Patriotic Fervour. Indian Art Pre-Independence. New Delhi 2003. Lalit Kala Akademi. Exhibition Of Works Of Jamini Roy. New Delhi. Newspaper & Magazine Articles A.S. Raman. ‘Themes In Modern Art’ in The Illustrated Weekly Of India 17 April 1960. Niyatee Shinde. ‘And the Earth, My Palette’ in Mid-Day 4 May 1990, Bombay. Narendra Panjwani. ‘From Jamini Roy to Husain, Art Makes a Long Journey’ in The Times Of India 2 November 1998, Mumbai. Anu Kumar. ‘Pioneering Presence’ in Asian Age 4 November 1998, Mumbai. Bernadette Da Cunha. ‘Eastern Enigma’ in The Times of India 1 October 2002, Mumbai. Jasmine Shah Varma. ‘Jamini Roy’ in The List Mid-Day 26 March 2003, Mumbai. Vinita Faridi. ‘Rare Collours Of Jamini Roy’ in Hindustan Times 19 December 2003, New Delhi.