Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | January 2008

225 Select Biographies Narayan Shridhar Bendre b. 21 August 1910 Indore, Madhya Pradesh d.18 February 1992 Bikash Bhattacharjee b.21 June 1940 Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1933 B.A., Holkar College, Agra University 1929-34 Diploma in Painting, State School of Art, Indore (Affiliated to Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay), under the tutelage of D D Deolalikar 1947-48 Graphic Arts, Students’ League, New York, USA Ceramics, YWCA, New York, USA Study tour of the USA, Sponsored by Federation of American Artists, Philadelphia, USA 1948 Print Making, Students’ League, New York, USA Solo Exhibitions 1943,62,63,68,70,72,76,77,79,80,81,83 Bombay 1947-48 Travelling Exhibition, Windermere Gallery, New York, USA 1950 Bombay 1957,60 Baroda 1969 Travelling Exhibition, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland 1974 JAG, Bombay 1985 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (3-9 December) 1992 Abhinav Art Gallery, Jammu (28 November-1 December); VAG, New Delhi (21 February-15 March) 2000 JAG, Mumbai (13-19 December) Select Awards and Honours 1934 Vagabond, Silver Medal, BAS, Bombay 1935 Street Attraction, Silver Medal, BAS, Bombay 1936 Governor’s Prize, BAS, Bombay 1941 Landscapes of Benaras, Gold Medal, BAS, Bombay 1943 Trophy, Art Society of India, Bombay 1945 Quit India, Patel Trophy, Art Society of India, Bombay 1954 Nominated Eminent Artist, General Council and Executive Board, LKA, New Delhi 1955 Thorn, National Award, LKA, New Delhi 1969 Padmashree, Govt. of India 1971 Chairman, International Jury, Second Triennale Exhibition, New Delhi 1974 Fellowship of the LKA, New Delhi 1982 Aban-Gagan Award, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan 1983 D.Litt, Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh, Madhya Pradesh 1984 Kalidas Samman, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh 1992 Padma Bhushan, Govt. of India Select Collections Art Society of India, Mumbai I B M Ghia Family I Bharat Kathiwada Family I Bimal Poddar Family I Ghia Family, Bombay IH.K. Kejriwal I Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore I Jehangir Nicholson Estate, Mumbai I Kiran Kulkarni I LKA, New Delhi I NGMA, New Delhi I The Osian’s - Archive and Library Collection I Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA I Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai I Tata Sons, Mumbai I Usha Mirchandani, Mumbai Education 1963 Diploma in Fine Arts, Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Calcutta Select Solo Exhibitions 1965 Artistry House, Calcutta Tata Iron and Steel Company, Jamshedpur 1971 BAAC, Calcutta; Kunika-Chemould, New Delhi 1973 U.S.I.S., Calcutta 1974,76 Gallery Chemould, Bombay 1977 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi (6-10 November) 1979 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi (23 October-4 November) 1980 Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1982 Calcutta Art Gallery, Calcutta; Gallery Chemould, Bombay (7-21 October) 1984 JAG, Bombay (26 January-4 February) 1985 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta (March) 1986 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1987 BAAC, Calcutta (October) JAG, Bombay Environs, BAAC, Calcutta (8-11 October) 1989 Galerie 88, Calcutta (9-24 September) JAG, Bombay 1990 Galerie 88, Calcutta (12-22 August); BAAC, Calcutta (2-13 May) 1991 Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta; Kala Yatra, Bangalore 1992 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (24-30 December) 1993 Galerie 88, Calcutta, (21-27 April); The Oberoi, New Delhi (14-17 May) 1994 CIMA (Calcutta) & JAG, Bombay (1-24 January) 1997 BAAC, Calcutta (26 April-11 May) 1998 Galerie 88, Calcutta; The Park, New Delhi (10-13 February) 2000 CIMA, Calcutta (1-20 February) 2002 Galerie 88 (22 September-19 October) Select Awards and Honours 1962 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1971,72 LKA, New Delhi 1972 BAACulture, Calcutta 1985 East West Encounter, Bombay 1987 Bangla Ratna, Calcutta 1988 Padma Shree, New Delhi 1989 Shiromani Puraskar 1990 Nivedita Puraskar, Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram Select Collections Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection I Ebrahim Alkazi Collection I Rakhi & Aveek Sarkar Collection I Chandigarh University Museum, Chandigarh I LKA, New Delhi I Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi I NGMA, New Delhi I Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal I The Osian’s - Archive and Library Collection I Chandigarh University Museum, Punjab I Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha I Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi I Chester and David Hertwitz Collection, Boston I Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji, Japan I