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

Creative India BENGAL | Terms & Conditions 295 294 Born : 1931, Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1945-49 Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta 1953 Graduation, Government Institute of Arts, Dacca Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1961 Founder Member, Society of Contemporary Artists 1963 Founder Member, Calcutta Painters Group 1976-80 Principal, Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Calcutta Member, Advisory Committee of Fine Arts, Government of West Bengal Council Member, Democratic Writers and Artists Association, West Bengal Illustrated Rabindranath Tagore’s Lakshmir Pariksha , published by Visva Bharati Wrote Silpa Katha , a book on art, published by State Resource Centre for Adult Education, West Bengal Select Awards and Honours 1963 Academy of Fine Arts Award, Calcutta 1978 Rabindra Bharati Award, Calcutta 1995 Abanindra Puraskar William Carey Award 2004 Doctor of Literature, Rabindra Bharati University Solo Exhibitions 1962 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1963 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta Patna 1974 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1977 Retrospective, Alliance Française, Calcutta 1982 Miniature Exposition, Paris 1985 British High Commission, Calcutta 1986 Retrospective, Art Heritage, New Delhi 1989 Paintings of Indian Music, Galerie 88, Calcutta 1992 Art Heritage, New Delhi Bijan Chowdhury