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

234 Education 1947-53 Self-taught craftsman, painter and weaver 1954-6 M.S. University, Baroda on a Cultural Scholarship, Government of India, under the tutelage of N.S. Bendre Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1963 Published Urdu novel, Samandar Pyasa Hai 1978 Published a collection of poems in Kashmiri, Besukh Ruh 1980 Published Shakti Vichhara and Vakh in Kashmiri 1991 Jury Member, 63rd All India Art Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi (31 March–10 April) Select Solo Exhibitions 1953-7 Srinagar and Bombay 1962 Los Angeles & Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1963 Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago 1963-65 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi Gallery Mayer, New York; Calcutta; Kabul and Tel-Aviv 1964 Revel Gallery, New York 1967 Kunika-Chemould, New Delhi 1968 Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi & Chemould Art Gallery, Bombay 1969 Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay & Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi 1971 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 1973 Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi 1974 Show dedicated to Urdu writer Thakur Poonchi, Srinagar, Kashmir 1975 Pencil Drawings, Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi 1976 Acrylics, Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi 1978 Triveni Kala Sangam, Sponsored by Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi 1985 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1991 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi 1992 Exhibition of G R Santosh , Bombay 1994 Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Select Awards and Honours 1957 Peace, National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1955-6 Street Scene, Governor of Bombay’s Prize 1959 First Prize, Kalidasa Jayanti Exhibition 1964 Nearer to Thee my Lord, National Award, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi 1973 Untitled, National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1977 Padmashree, Government of India 1979 Besukh Ruh (collection of poems), Sahitya Akademi Award 1984 Artist of the Year Award, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi 1985 Kalhana Award, The Kashmir Education and Science Society, New Delhi 1991 Kala Ratna Award, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi S elect Collections ❖ Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, Worcester (U.S.A.) ❖ Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi ❖ 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 GHULAM RASOOL SANTOSH b. 19 June 1929 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir d. 10 March 1997 Education 1920-3 Serampore College, Bengal 1923-8 Diploma (Fine Arts), Government School of Art, Calcutta 1960-9 Various study tours to Europe Visit to Ky and Tabo Monasteries, Spiti Valley for art documentation Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1929-36 Teacher, Mayo Government School of Arts, Lahore 1936-47 Freelance Teacher at studio–cum–workshop (Lahore School of Fine Arts) 1948-53 Founder, Delhi Silpi Chakra 1953-60 Head, Delhi Polytechnic 1960-68 Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Select Solo Exhibitions 1971 New Delhi 1973 New Delhi 1976 A Selection of 22 Paintings of the Decade 1965-75, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1981 Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta 1994 Exhibition of Oils, Water colours and Drawings, Jharokha Art Gallery, New Delhi ( 4 – 25 January) Select Awards and Honours 1979 Elected Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1984 Padma Bhushan, Government of India 1988 Gagan-Aban Award, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan Select Collections ❖ Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta ❖ Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi ❖ Kumar Gallery, New Delhi ❖ Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ National Museum of Art, Prague ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Punjab Museum, Chandigarh BHABESH CHANDRA SANYAL b. 22 April 1902 Dibrugath, Assam d. 9 January 2003