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

196 Education 1954-9 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta 1961-3 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 and Atelier 17, Paris Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1955-6 Joined Weavers’ Service Centre, Ministry of Textile, Government of India 1960 Founder-Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta 1962 Member de la Societe des Muses Member, la Societe des Amis du Musco Nationale d’ Art Moderne, Paris 1966 Member of the Jury, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1975 Member of the General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1979 Elected Member, Purchase Committee for National Art Exhibition, Miniature Format Exhibition and Sculpture 1980 Joint Secretary, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta 1982 Committee Member, 5 th Triennale India 1983, 90 Coordinator, Art Camp, Max Muller Bhavan, Calcutta 1989 Commissioner for the Biennale, Sao Paolo, Braz 1983 Member of Jury, Prix des Ettangeres, Paris Select 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 Arts and Prints, Calcutta AIFACS, New Delhi Recent Drawings and Watercolours, Gallery Kunika-Chemould, New Delhi (July) [ExC] 1966 Gallery Priyadarshini, Calcutta Gallery Chemould, Calcutta and Bombay 1967 Artist’s Private Residence, Calcutta Calcutta Information Centre, Calcutta 1968 Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta 1969 Recent Works, Indo-American Society, Calcutta (12–19 December) 1970 Gallery Unique, Calcutta Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1971 Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta Heidelberg, Germany 1972 Musafir, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta USIS Auditorium, Calcutta 1974 Sarala Art Gallery, Madras SUNIL DAS b. 4 August 1939 Calcutta, West Bengal 1975 Poiker Gallery, Hamilton, New York, USA Max Mueller Bhavan, Madras 1976 Retrospective, Calcutta 1976-8 Basel, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, New York (USA) Retrospective, Kuala Lumpur, Basel, New York (USA) 1983 Paintings and Drawings, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta (26 February–6 March) 1984 Confrontations, Sponsored by ITC, JAG, Bombay (17–24 February) 1986 Trends in Bengal Art, Tata Centre, Calcutta Sunil Das, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (24 January–6 February) 1988 Drawings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta (17–30 August) 1990 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi 1991 Centre Art Gallery, Calcutta 1994 Recent Drawings, Center for International Modern Art, Calcutta (19–27 February) 1995 Drawing Installations, Village Art Gallery, New Delhi (14 October–14 November) 1995-6 Many Faces of Sunil Das, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi (18 December 1995–12 January 1996) Paintings by Sunil Das, Gallery ABC, Varanasi (27 February–5 March) 1996 British Council, Calcutta 1997 The Village Gallery, New Delhi Renaissance Gallery, Bangalore Paintings and Water Colours, Art Today (6–21 February) 1998 Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris, France 1999 Drawings and Collages, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai (12–29 May) Paintings, ABC Academy of Art and Culture, (27 February–5 March) San Francisco (USA) Gajah Gallery, Singapore 1999-2000 Old Works by Sunil Das, Gallery Om, New Delhi (11 December 1999–11 January 2000) 2000 Art Heritage, New Delhi 2001 Drawings – Bulls and Horses, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (5–15 October) [INV] 2003 Sunil Das in Retrospect 1957–2003, ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery, Kolkata (24 May–15 June) 2005 Horses…and Bulls – Paintings on Canvas and Paper by Sunil Das, Jamaat In The Sky, Mumbai (18 January–18 February) ] 2005-6 Art Moves–Work by Sunil Das, Delhi Art Gallery (New Delhi) JAG, Mumbai (5–13 November 2005) Park Hotel, Kolkata (21–22 November 2005) Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (8–13 January 2006)