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

222 Education 1928-32 Diploma in Art, Government School of Art, Calcutta Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1932-7 Art Director, Imperial Tobacco Company 1937 Participated in the World Scout Jamboree, Paris 1937-8 Toured France, England, Italy and Holland studying exhibitions and galleries, attended Cezanne’s centenary celebrations in Paris, visited exhibitions of Cezanne and Van Gogh in Paris, Rembrandt in Amsterdam, Tintoretto in Venice and Franz Hals in Haarlem 1945-7 Art Teacher, Sarada Ukil School of Art, New Delhi 1948-60 Art Department, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi 1958 Member, Committee, National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi Select Solo Exhibitions 1937 Calcutta 1939 Boy Scout Headquarters, Calcutta 1941 1, Chowringhee Terrace, Calcutta 1943 1, Chowringhee Terrace, Calcutta 1945 New Delhi Town Hall, New Delhi 1950 Retrospective, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1960 Memorial Exhibition, Fine Arts Department, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi (2 November) 1961 Memorial Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1962 Memorial Exhibition, Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi 1983 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (31 May–12 June) 1998 Paintings in Opaque Water Colour, Art Konsult, New Delhi (25 August– 12 September) Select Awards and Honours 1933 Gold Medal, Art Exhibition, Calcutta University Institute 1936 Bombay Art Society 1951 Confession and Wind exhibited at the famous Paris Exhibition, Salon de Mai Select Collections ❖ Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata ❖ All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi ❖ Ashok and Anjali Alexander, New Delhi ❖ Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi ❖ Jehangir Nicholson Museum, N.C.P.A., Mumbai ❖ Kumar Gallery, New Delhi ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA b. 2 November 1907 Calcutta, West Bengal d. 5 October 1960 New Delhi Education 1917-9 Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan 1919-24 Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University (Student of Nandalal Bose) Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1925-49 Teacher, Librarian and Curator, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University 1952 Started Art Training and Children School, Musoorie 1954 Appointed as Educational Advisor to Art School, Patna 1958-70 U.G.C. Professor, Art Theory Faculty, Kala Bhavan Professor Emeritus after retirement, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan Select Solo Exhibitions 1921 ISOA, Calcutta 1969 Retrospective, New Delhi 1995 Reflections of six Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 1998 Exhibition by Benode Behari Mukherjee , The Window, Mumbai (10–22 December) Select Awards and Honours 1974 Awarded, Padma Vibhushan, Government of India 1977 Dekhikottam honored by Vishwa Bharti, Kolkata 1980 Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad 1980 Rabindra Puraskar Select Collections ❖ Hindi Bhavan and Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan ❖ Indian Museum, Kolkata ❖ Kamal Morarka, Mumbai ❖ Kumar Gallery, New Delhi ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ Late Rani Chandra Collection and Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata ❖ Mrinalini Mukherjee, New Delhi ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Rabindra Bharti, Kolkata BINODE BEHARI MUKHERJEE b. 7 February 1904 Behala, Calcutta, West Bengal d . 19 November 1980 Delhi