Osian's Auction Catalogue Creative India Series 1 Bengal | December 2011

Born: 1934, Dhaka, present-day Bangladesh Died: 7 February 2007 Education 1955 Diploma (Painting), Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta 1962-4 Government of France Cultural Exchange Scholarship, to study Graphic Art at Atelier 17 and Murals at L’Ecole Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris 1967-9 John D. Rockefeller III Fellowship, NewYork Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1956-62 Lecturer, Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Calcutta 1960 Founder Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta 1964 Member, New International Gravure Group, Paris Member, Kries fur Grafic Freunde, Frankfurt 1965-8 Lecturer (Painting), Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta 1967-9 Associate Professor, Herbert H. Lehman College, NewYork University, USA 1967 Pratt Graphic Art Centre, NewYork 1970-1 Professor, Graduate Programme, NewYork University 1970-85 Faculty, Herbert H. Lehman College, The City University of NewYork, USA Was also a Founder Member of Artists Circle, Calcutta Select Awards and Honours 1958 Award for best work in oil, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi 1961 Suburb, National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1962 A Man and Wall, National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi 1962-4 French Government Scholarship for higher study, Paris, France 1968-70 John D. Rockefeller III Fellowship, NewYork, USA 1971 Fourth International Miniature Print Exhibition, NewYork 1980 Third World Biennale of Graphic Art, London/ Baghdad 1984 Honour Diploma, University Australia, Valdivia, Chile 1991 PSC-CUNY Research Award, University Committee on Research, The City University of NewYork, USA 1991 Fellowship Award, The City University of NewYork, USA 1992 Faculty Research Foundation Award, City University of NewYork, USA Select Solo Exhibitions 1959 Delhi Shilpi Chakra, New Delhi 1962 Ashok Gallery, Calcutta 1964 Galerie Chevre Folle, Ostend, Belgium Gallerie Raymond Creuze, Paris 1966 Alliance Française de Calcutta, Calcutta 1970 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1971 Ellsworth, Maine, USA 1972 Centaur Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA 1973 Stockton College, Stockton, New Jersey; & Weintraub Gallery, NewYork, USA 1975,8,81 HMK Fine Arts, NewYork, USA 1979 Centaur Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA 1983 Weintraub Gallery, NewYork, USA 1984 Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia; & Sala de Exposiciones, Santiago, Chile Weintraub Gallery, NewYork, USA John Douglas Cline Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 1989 Paintings and Graphics, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta 1991 Lehman College Art Gallery, NewYork, USA 1992 Paintings and Graphics, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta 1993 ‘A’ Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA 1995 Bose-Pacia Gallery, NewYork, USA 1997 Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, Indiana, USA 2004 Graphics & Paintings - 1960s-1990s, Centre for International Modern Art Gallery (CIMA), Kolkata Select Group Exhibitions 1959 Delhi Shilpi Chakra, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1961-62 National Exhibition, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, LKA 1962-7,9,89 Calcutta 1962 Commonwealth Exhibition of Art, London, UK 1963 Third Biennale, Paris, France 1964 Foreign Artists Exhibition, Gallerie R. Creuze, Paris, France; Ostend, Belgium 1967,68 Ninth Bienalle, Sao Paolo, Brazil 1969 Tokyo Biennale for Graphics & Paintings, Japan NewYork & San Francisco, USA 1970 Poetry & Prints of India, Thor Gallery, Louisville, USA Seigen Art Association, Seigen, Japan 17th National Print Exhibition Brooklyn Museum, NewYork, USA 1971 Berkshire Museum, Pittsville, USA 1973, 83 Weintraub Gallery, NewYork, USA 1974, 81 International Art Fair, Dusseldorf 1975, 78 HMK Fine Art, NewYork, USA 1975 Third Triennale, New Delhi 1976,77 Lubljana Biennale, Yugoslavia 1980 Third-World Biennale of Graphic Art, London/Baghdad 1983 Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile 1984 InterGrafik 84, International Triennale, Berlin, GDR 1988 International Open Exhibition of Miniature Prints, Intaglio Printmaker Gallery, London 1989 First British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol 1990 Intergrafik 90, 9th International Triennial, Berlin, GDR 1992 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai 1995 Bose Pacia Gallery, NewYork, USA Arun Bose