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

230 Select Biographies Avinash Chandra b.1931 Simla, Himachal Pradesh d.1991 Education 1947-52 Diploma in Painting, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi Select Solo Exhibitions 1951 Srinagar 1952-54 New Delhi 1957 Imperial Institute, London, UK 1958 National Gallery and Museum of Ireland; Architectural Association, London, UK 1959 Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1960 Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford, UK; Molton Gallery, London, UK (7 September-1 October) 1963 Hamilton Galleries, London, UK 1965 Tate Gallery 1989 Hayward Gallery, London; 1990 Wolverhampton Art Gallery (March); Manchester City Gallery in May-June 1990. Select Awards and Honours 1952 Scholarship awarded by Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi 1954 National Award, All India Exhibition, LKA, New Delhi 1955 LKA, New Delhi 1967 Fairfield Foundation Fellowship for Travel and Study Select Collections Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, Ireland I Galleries in Florida and London I Indian Embassy, China Indian Embassy, Indonesia I Indian High Commission, London, UK I National Theatre in London, Lalit Kala Galleries, New Delhi I NGMA, New Delhi I Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK I Chittaprosad Bhattacharya b. 21 June 1915 Naihati, West Bengal d. 13 November 1978 Calcutta, West Bengal Education Had No Formal Training in Art. The Village Sculptors and The Puppet Players Inspired him to Become An Artist. 1932-36 Chittagong Government College, Chittagong (Present-Day Bangladesh) 1960s Was Taught the Techniques Of Czech Puppetry by Frantisek Salaba (A Puppeteer Who Lived in Bombay At That Time ) Solo Exhibitions 1956 First Major Exhibition In Europe, Prague, Czechoslovakia Exhibitions In Denmark, Holland, Germany, U.S.A. 1964 Shilpayan, Calcutta 1979 Fronta Gallery, Spalena Street, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1980 Chittaprosad Art Archive; Chittabharati and the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal, Calcutta (24-28 November); Czechoslovakia 1981 Works Acquired By Prague’s National Gallery Since 1956, Prague, Czechoslovakia Chittaprosad-A Retrospective, Czechoslovakia 1992 Chittaprosad: To Commemorate His 77th Birth-Day, The Center Art Gallery And 1993 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta (21 June-9 July)Exhibition of Selected Cartoons and Drawings, To Mark the 14th Death Anniversary of The Artist, Alliance Francaise De Calcutta 1995 Chittaprosad, Alliance Francaise De Delhi and Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi (7-20 March) Awards and Honours 1978 Chittaprosad Art Archive, An Institute of Research on Chittaprosad’s Life and Works Established In Calcutta 1988 To Remember Chittaprosad on His Tenth Death Anniversary Day, A Tribute, Published By Chalasani Prasada Roa, Editor, Eenadu, Hyderabad Select Collection Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi I Ebrahim Alkazi and Art Heritage, New Delhi I Goodricke Group Ltd., Kolkata and London I Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai I National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi I The Osian’s - Archive and Library Collection I Prague Museum of Art, Czechoslovakia I