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

233 Education 1920s Khelat Chandra Institution, North Calcutta Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta (Under Abanindranath Tagore) Life Drawing and Portraiture (Under Signor Boiess) Modelling, Studio of Hiranmoy Roy Chowdhury Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1929-56 Principal, Government College of Arts and Craft, Chennai 1953 Appointed First Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Select Solo Exhibitions 1933-4 63 Sambhunath Pandit Street, Calcutta ( FS ) 1989 The Art of D.P. Roy Chowdhury, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta (21 December’ 88–5 January) 1999 Centenary Exhibition, Gaganendra Pradarshala, Government of West Bengal (20–29 July) Select Awards and Honours 1937 MBE (Most Exalted Member of the British Empire) conferred by the British Government 1958 Padma Bhushan, Government of India 1962 Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1968 Hony. D.Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Select Collections ❖ Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata ❖ H.K. Kejriwal Collection at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore ❖ Indian Museum, Calcutta ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ Madras Museum, Chennai ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Parliament House, New Delhi ❖ Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad ❖ Travancore Art Gallery, Kerala ❖ Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta DEVI PROSAD ROY CHOWDHURY b. 15 June1899 Tajhat, Rangpur, present-day Bangladesh d. 15 October1975 Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1948 Graduated from Agra University in Art History. Migrated to Pakistan Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1982 Working on the Mural, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi (May) Select Solo Exhibition 1954 First solo exhibition in Quetta 1955 Jinnah Hospital; Frere Hall 1974 Exhibition of Calligraphies, National Museum of Damascus, Damascus, (Syria) (December) 1974 Autographing at Exhibition of Painting, Ardul Muarad, Museum of Cairo, (Egypt) Municipal Library Hall, Dubai (U.A.E.) Main Hall, Hilton Hotel, Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) Markazul Funoon, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) Hall of Jardon Intercontinental, Amman (Jordon) National Art Gallery of Kuwait, (Kuwait) Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad (Iraq) Select Awards and Honours 1960 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by Government of Pakistan. 1961 Paris Biennale 1962 President’s Medal of Honor 1975 Cultural Award by Government of Australia. 1980 Sitara-e-Imtiaz by Government of Pakistan. Select Collections ❖ Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh ❖ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ❖ Frere Hall Karachi, Karachi ❖ Geological Institute of India ❖ Lahore Museum, Lahore ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Powerhouse at Abu Dhabi ❖ Punjab University Library, Chandigarh ❖ The Power House at the Mangla Dam ❖ The State Bank of Pakistan SADEQUAIN b .1930 Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India d. 15 February 1987 Karachi