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

234 Select Biographies Sunil Das b.4 August 1939 Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1954-59 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta 1961-63 L’Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux Arts, Paris (French Government Scholarship) Research in Fresco and Mosaic under Monsieur Shapple Midie and Monsieur J. Aujame, Paris Studied Graphic Art under William Hayter and Krishna Reddy Research in Painting, Atelier Julian, & Atelier 17, Paris, France Solo Exhibitions 1958 Assam Cotton College, Gauhati 1959 Artist House, Calcutta 1961 Club de Quatre Vents, Paris, France 1962 Foyer des Artistes Gallery, Paris, France; Gallery Jean Lafond, France 1963 Gallery Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1964 AIFACS, New Delhi (7-14 September) 1965 Dhoomi Mal Art Centre, New Delhi; Gallery Kunika-Chemould, New Delhi (July) 1966 Gallery Priyadarshini, Calcutta 1967 Artist’s Private Residence, Calcutta Information Centre, & BAAC, Calcutta 1969 Indo-American Society, Calcutta (12-19 December) [ExC] 1970 Gallery Unique & Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1971 Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta; Heidelberg, Germany 1972 BAAC & USIS Auditorium, Calcutta 1974 Sarala Art Gallery, Madras 1975 Poiker Gallery, Hamilton, New York, USA; Max Mueller Bhavan, Madras 1976 Calcutta 1976-78 Zurich, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, New York, USA; Kuala Lumpur, Basel, New York, USA 1983 Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta (26 February-6 March) 1984 JAG, Bombay (17-24 February) 1986 Tata Centre, Calcutta; Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (24 January-6 February) 1988 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta (17-30 August) 1990 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 1991 Centre Art Gallery, Calcutta 1994 CIMA, Calcutta (19-27 February) 1995 Village Art Gallery, New Delhi (14 October-14 November) 1995-96 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi (18 December 1995-12 January 1996); Gallery ABC, Varanasi (27 February-5 March) 1996 British Council, Calcutta 1997 The Village Gallery, New Delhi; Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore; Art Today (6-21 February) 1998 Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris, France 1999 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai (12-29 May); ABC Academy of Art and Culture, (27 February-5 March); San Francisco, USA; Gajah Gallery, Singapore 1999-2000 Gallery Om, New Delhi (11 December 1999-11 January 2000) 2000 Art Heritage, New Delhi 2001 Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (5-15 October) 2003 ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery, Kolkata (24 May-15 June) 2005 Jamaat in the Sky, Mumbai (18 January-18 February) 2005-06 Delhi Art Gallery (New Delhi); JAG, Mumbai (5-13 November 2005); Park Hotel, Kolkata (21-22 November 2005) and Rabindra Bhavan, LKA, New Delhi (8-13 January 2006) Select Awards and Honours 1959 National Award, LKA, New Delhi 1960 Govt. College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta; Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad; AIFACS, New Delhi; Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta; Gold Medal, Calcutta University, Calcutta; French Govt. Scholarship to the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts; BAS Award, Bombay 1961 Winner of the French Govt. Scholarship for Fine Arts & Fresco Painting 1966 Sunil Das One, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1967 AIFACS, New Delhi 1978 Rotation of Mankind, National Award, LKA, New Delhi 1991 Shiromani Purashkar, Calcutta Select Collections American Express Bank, New York I Apparao Galleries, Chennai I Art Indus, New Delhi I Art Today, New Delhi I BAAC, Kolkata I Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh I Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata I CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata I Crimson Gallery, Mumbai I Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai I Deutsche Bank, Kolkata I Dhoo I Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi I Fine Art Resource, Berlin, Germany I Gajah Gallery, Singapore I Galerie Rene Bretent, Paris, France I Galerie Wils, Paris France I Gallery 88, Kolkata I Gallery Apparao, Chennai I Gallery Art & Data, Germany I Gallery Art Heritage, New Delhi I Gallery Chemould, Mumbai I Gallery Crimson, Bangalore I Gallery Ganesha, New Delhi I Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris France I Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris I Gallery Om, New Delhi I Gallery Oxford, New York, USA I Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore I Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan I Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai I Joshua Art Gallery, Chennai I Joshua Art Gallery, Kualalumpur I LKA, New Delhi I Ludwig Museum, Gremany I Madhavan Nayar Foundation, Cochin I Masanori Fukuoka & Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji, Japan I Museum of Andhra Pradesh I National Museum, Singapore I NGMA, New Delhi I Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore I Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai I Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata I Santach Gallery, Mumbai I Shenn’s Fine Art, Singapore ITamil Nadu State Academy, Chennai I Tata Engineering & Locomotive Company, Jamshedpur I Tata Iron & Steel Company, Jamshedpur I The Gallery, Chennai I TISCO, Jamshedpur I Tractors India Limited, Kolkata I Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi I