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

267 Select Biographies J. Swaminathan b.21 June, 1928 Sanjauli, Simla, Himachal Pradesh d.1994 New Delhi Abanindranath Tagore b.7 August 1871 Calcutta d.1951 Education 1956 Delhi Polytechnic (Part Time) 1958 Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Cambridge School, New Delhi Select Solo Exhibitions 1965,71 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 1981 Art Heritage, Delhi 1982 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 1982 JAG, Mumbai 1988 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, Delhi 1990 Shridhrani, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 1992 Shridharni Gallery, Delhi, JAG, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 1993 AIFACS, Delhi 1993 Vadehra Art gallery, Delhi 1994 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad 1994 South London Gallery, London 1994 Oboro, Montreal 1994-95 BAAC, Kolkata; Sakshi, Mumbai 1995-96 Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 1996 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, and Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Select Awards and Honours 1963 Founded Member, Group 1890, a Group of 12 Artists, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 1968-70 Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship 1981-90 Founder Director, Roopankar Museum, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal Select Collections Arun Vadehra and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi I Gallery Chemould, Mumbai I Jehangir Nicholson Museum, NCPA I LKA, New Delhi I Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Museum, Hemeji, Japan I NGMA, New Delhi I Nordness Collection, New York I Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal I Education 1905-15 Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata Learnt the Art of Japanese brushwork under Yokoyama Taikan. Select Solo Exhibitions 1900 Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata Exhibition; Congress Industrial Exhibition, Calcutta; Indian Society of Oriental Art Exhibition, Calcutta 1910,12 Indian Society of Oriental Art Exhibition, Simla; Festival of Empire, Crystal Palace, England; Indian Society of Oriental Art Exhibition, Allahabad 1914 22nd Exhibition of Societe des peintres orientalistes francais, Grand Palais, Paris Travelling to Belgium, Holland; Imperial Institute, England 1915 Indian Society of Oriental Art Exhibition, Madras 1915-16 Indian Society of Oriental Art Exhibition, Calcutta & Young Men’s Indian Association, Madras 1924 Travelling Exhibition, USA by American Federation of Art & ISOA 1928 Athenee Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland Selected Collections Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta I Asit K. Haldar, Lucknow I Bangalore Museum, Bangalore I Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection, Windsor Castle, England I Indian Museum, Kolkata I Lahore Museum, Lahore I Mukul Ch. Dey, Kolkata I NGMA, New Delhi I O.C. Ganguli, Kolkata I Oriental and India Office Library and Records, London I P.N Tagore, Kolkata I Rabindra Bharati University Museum, Kolkata I Roopkrishna, Lahore I Sailendranath Dey, Jaipur I Samarendranath Gupta, Lahore I Trustees of the Victorian & Albert Museum, London I University of Sussex, England I Victoria and Albert Museum, London I Vishnupada Roy Chowdhury, Howrah I