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

Born: 23 July 1895, Sridharkhola, in present-day Bangladesh Died: 1 March 1989 Education 1906-11 Santiniketan (studied under Rabindranath Tagore) Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta (Student of Abanindranath Tagore) 1911-16 Finished his art education under the tutelage of Asit Kumar Haldar and Nandalal Bose 1920-22 Studied under Prof. Henry Tonks and Prof. W.W. Russell, at the Slade School of Art, London, UK 1922 Diploma in Mural Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK, under the tutelage of William Rothenstien Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1913-14 Art Teacher, Santiniketan 1916 Learnt etching on copper plates under the guidance of Bertha E. Jacques. Learnt etching under the guidance of J.Blanding Sloan, Chicago 1916-17 Travelled with Rabindranath Tagore to Japan & USA 1917 Established etching press, Vichitra Art School, Calcutta 1918-19 Copied frescoes from the Ajanta and Bagh Caves 1920-21 Teacher, King Alfred School, London, UK 1922 Learnt etching under the guidance of Sir Frank Short, London 1928-43 First Indian Principal, Government College of Arts & Craft, Calcutta Curator, Government Art Gallery, Calcutta Trustee, Indian Museum, Calcutta 1942 Established Women’s Department at the Government School of Art, Calcutta 1944 Founder Member, Kalika Art Gallery, Santiniketan 1945 Founder Member, Suri Museum, Birbhum, West Bengal 1946 Copied frescoes from the cave temples of Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya in Sri Lanka, and from the Sittanvasal cave temple in South India 1946-53 Studied temple terracotta decorations in Birbhum, West Bengal 1953-51 Awarded Fulbright Scholarship, USA 1953-54 Fulbright Scholarship, USA 1956-58 Curator, NGMA, New Delhi Mukul Dey Select Awards and Honours 1917 Elected Member for Life, Chicago Society of Etchers, USA 1922 Received scholarships and won prizes in painting and engraving, Royal College of Art, London, UK 1927 Received the Royal Command from King George V & Queen Mary of Britain and sent his drawings and etchings to the British monarchs 1927-28 Member, Advisory Committee for Murals, New Delhi & India House, London, UK 1936 Received the Jubilee Medal of King George V & Queen Mary of Britain, UK 1937 Received the Coronation Medal of King George V & Queen Mary of Britain, UK 1984 Abanindra Puraskar, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta 1987 Fellow of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Honorary Doctorate, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Select Solo Exhibitions 1913-14 Shows at the Indian Society of Oriental Art show held in London and Paris 1924 Copies of Ajanta and Bagh Frescoes, Sir Alfred Hamilton- Grant’s House, London 1928 Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta (FS) 1945 Suri Museum, Birbhum, West Bengal 1946-51 Sri Lanka, Benares and Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan 1959 Commonwealth Art Institute, London, UK Select Group Exhibitions 1911-16 Modern Bengal School Paintings, Paul Elde’s Gallery, San Francisco, Calcutta, Paris, The Netherlands, London, & Chicago 1916 Joint exhibition, Nippon Bijitsuin, Okakura Kakuzo’s Art School, Tokyo 1922, 23 Royal Academy Exhibition, London 1924 Walker’s Art Gallery, Liverpool 1926 Philharmonic Hall, Berlin 1927 Drawing and dry points in his studio, London 1951 Exhibition of Indian Art, College of Idaho, Caldwell, USA 1952 Joint Show with Japanese artist T. Sugimoto, Calcutta 1995 Birth Centenary Exhibition curated by Santo Datta, NGMA, New Delhi