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

227 Education 1955-9 Diploma (Drawing & Painting), Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta Select Solo Exhibitions 1990 Jottings (Preliminary Drawings for Paintings),The Village Gallery, New Delhi (March) 1990 Exhibition of Illustrations for book on Wajid Ali Shah, Galerie 88, Kolkata 1992 Drawings, Le Gallery and Kerala Kala Peetom, Cochin (21–30 September) 1992 Jottings, The Gallery, Kochi 1993-4 Water Colours, The Village Art Gallery, New Delhi (20 December ’03–20 February) 1996 Jottings in Mixed Media, The Village Gallery, New Delhi (15 September–26 October) 1998 Retrospective, Centre for International Modern Art, Calcutta (April) The Window, Mumbai 1998 Ganesh Pyne: Whispers of Myth, The Window, Mumbai (1–27 October) 2000 Drawings on Mahabharata 1967 to 1987, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (to mark the launch of Rarework.com;2–6 June) 2001 Recent Works, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (19 January–15 February) 2005 Ganesh Pyne: A Pilgrim in the dominion of shadows, Museum Gallery (Organised by Galerie 88), Mumbai (18–24 April) Select Awards and Honours 1955 Government College of Art and Craft Award, Calcutta 1956 Calcutta Art Society Award, Calcutta 1957 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1973 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta 1974 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta 1978 Artist of the Year, Sangeet Shyamala, Kolkata 1985 Shiromani Puraskar, Asian Paints, Kolkata 1998 Gagan-Aban Puraskar, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan 2003 D. Lit (Honoris Causa), Kalyani University 2004 Abanindra Puraskar, Government of West Bengal Select Collections ❖ Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata ❖ Ananda Bazar Group, Kolkata ❖ Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata ❖ Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh ❖ Chester and Davida Herwtiz Collection (U.S.A.) ❖ Dilip De, Mumbai ❖ Gallerie Surya, Freinsheim ❖ Harish Chaganlal, Mumbai ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji (Japan) ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ RPG Enterprises, Mumbai ❖ The Times of India Group, Kolkata ❖ Victor Banerjee, Mussorie GANESH PYNE b. 11 June 1937 Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1946-47 Graduated J.J. School of Art, Bombay Select Solo Exhibitions 1955 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi 1956 Graham Studio, Bombay 1959 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1964 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1967 Bara-Masa, Shirom Art Gallery, Bombay Catastrophe, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1968 Attic Art Gallery, Bombay 1969 Taj Art Gallery, Bombay Oasis, Bombay 1972 Kaleidoscopic paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1973 Neo Miniature Paintings, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay 1975 Bombay of the XVII Century: An exhibition of painting by A A Raiba, Studio, Bombay (October) 1995 Exhibition of overlapped glass painting, Taj Art Gallery, Bombay (21–27 February ) 1996 Son–El–Lumiere, Art Gallery, Mumbai (4–22 June) Select Awards and Honours 1947 Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1947 Bronze Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1947 The Late Rao Bahadur S.V. Rajadhyaksha Memorial Prize, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1951 Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1952 Sheth Vullabhdas Cursondas Nath`s Prize, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1953 Highly Commended, Annual Exhb., Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1953 The Late Shri Kavasji Jalbhoy St Memorial, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1954 The Bombay Fine Art Offset and Litho Works Prize, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1956 Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay 1962 One among the ten best exhibits of the year, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1990 Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar, Government of Maharashtra 1992 Veteran Artist of India, Art Society of India Select Collection ❖ Cairo Museum (Egypt) ❖ Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi ❖ Nagpur Museum, Nagpur ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection A.A.RAIBA b .20 July 1922 Bombay, Maharashtra