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

244 Education 1890s Studied under the private tutelage of Olinto Gilhardi and Charles Palmer Early 1900s Studied and discovered Indian art with E.B. Havell 1905 Tutored by Yokoyama Taikan on Japanese brushwork Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1890s Established a studio 1892 Drawings reproduced in Rabindranath Tagore’s play, Chitrangada Member, Bharatiya Shilpa Samiti 1895 Book illustration for Abhijnan Sakuntalam by Kalidasa 1896 Illustrations for his book Ksirer Putul 1902 Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, Studio Magazine 1905 Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, Studio Magazine Paintings reproduced in The Modern Review and Prabasi 1905 Secretary, Bangiya Kala Samsad 1905-6 Vice-Principal, Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta. Department was known as the Advanced Design Class. 1906-9 Acting Principal, Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta, after resignation of E.B. Havell 1907 Founding member and Joint Secretary, the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta 1908 Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, Studio Magazine Colour plates of paintings reproduced by Ramanand Chatterjee in The Modern Review and also sold as prints. The Music Party published in Okakura’s Kokka 1909-15 Percy Brown brought in as Principal and Abanindranath made Vice-Principal Abanindranath ultimately resigned from the art school and set up his own teaching class 1918 Drawings reproduced in Rabindranath Tagore’s works Gitanjali, Fruit Gathering and The Parrot’s Training 1928 Athene Gallery, organized by James Cousins, Geneva, Switzerland 1930-8 Wrote ‘Jatras’ or folk dramas on themes from the Mahabharata and other Puranic stories 1940 Created toys called ‘Kutum Katum’ from roots and branches of trees, Founder, Bengal School Formed the purchase committee of the Government Art Gallery, along with Gaganendranath Tagore, Justice Woodroffe, Norman Blount, Rueboson and Muller Select Solo Exhibitions 1900 Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta (Inaugurated by Lord Curzon) 1914 Retrospective , Imperial Institute, London (April–May) 1924 Travelling exhibition, U.S.A (Organised by American Federation of Art & the Indian Society of Oriental Art) 1976 Academy of Fine Arts and Rabindra Bharati Society, Calcutta (16–27 August) 1978 Academy of Fine Arts and Rabindra Bharati Society, Calcutta (26 August–5 September) 1979 Academy of Fine Arts and Rabindra Bharati Society, Calcutta (1–7 September) 1991 Early drawings and sketches of Abanindranath Tagore, Chitrakoot Art Gallery (15–30 January) ABANINDRANATH TAGORE b .7 August 1871 Calcutta, West Bengal d. 5 December 1951 Barrackpore, West Bengal Select Awards and Honours 1902-3 The Passing of Shah Jahan, Silver Medal, Delhi Durbar Exhibition of Indian arts and crafts 1903 The Passing of Shah Jahan, Gold Medal, Congress Industrial Exhibition, Calcutta 1913 Congress Industrial Exhibition, Calcutta (2 June) Select Collections ❖ Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Kolkata ❖ British Royal Family Collection, Windsor Castle, (U.K.) ❖ Indian Museum, Kolkata ❖ National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ❖ Oriental and India Office Library and Records, London (U.K.) ❖ Osian’s Archive and Library Collection ❖ Rabindra Bharati Society, Kolkata ❖ Rabindra Bharati University Museum, Kolkata ❖ Royal Family Collection at Windsor Castle (U.K.) ❖ Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (U.K.)