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

262 Select Biographies Bireshwar Sen b. 1897 Calcutta, West Bengal d. 1974 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Education 1916-19 Presidency College, Calcutta University 1919-21 Graduate in English Literature, Calcutta University Studied Painting under the tutelage of Abanindranath Tagore Select Solo Exhibition Europe Tokyo Java USA 2005 Sarjan Art Gallery Vododara (28 April - 10 May) Select Collections H.E.Lord Irwind I Lahore Museum I Maharajas of Patiala, Mysore, I Muncipal Museum, Allahabad I Mysore State Gallery I Provincial Museum, Lucknow I Public Library, Rae Bareili I Tranvancore and Travancore Stte Gallery I V T Krishnamachari I Paritosh Sen b.18 October 1918 Dacca, present-day Bangladesh d.1997 Education 1936-40 Diploma, Fine Arts, Government College of Arts & Craft, Chennai 1950-53 Academie Andre Lhote,Paris Academie la Grand Chaumerie (Painting) Ecole des Louvre (History of Painting) 1991 Conferred Doctor of Literature Honoris casua by University of Burdwan, West Bengal Select Solo Exhibitions 1950 Brussels 1953 Paris 1962 London 1968,73 Calcutta 1973 Bombay 1978 Moscow 1989,92 The Village Gallery, New Delhi. Select Awards and Honours 1969-70 French Fellowship for Designing and Typeface 1970-71 J.D.R.IIIrd Fund Fellowship, USA 1983,84,87 Fellow, LKA, New Delhi 1985 Asian Paints Award, Calcutta 1989 Abanindra Puraskar, Govt. of West Bengal 1991 D. Litt, Burdwan University, West Bengal 1996 Kalidas Nag Award 1997 The English Speaking Union Outstanding Citizen 1998 Hirachand Dugar 1998 Smt. Bijoya Chakraborty Smriti Puraskar, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta. 1999 Aban-Gagan Puraskar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan 2004 Lalit Kala Ratna, LKA, New Delhi. Select Collections Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal I Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata I Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai I Indian Airlines, Palam Airport, New Delhi I Jehangir Nicholson Collectio I LKA, New Delhi I Masanori Fukuoka, Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji, Japan I Ministry of External affairs, Govt. of India,New Delhi I NGMA, New Delhi I Palam Airport, New Delhi I Punjab Museum, Chandigarh I Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi I Sydney Art Museum, Australia I The British Museum, London I TISCO, Mumbai I The Osian’s - Archive and Library Collection I