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

Creative India BENGAL | Terms & Conditions 309 308 Born: 1 January 1929, Howrah, West Bengal Education 1948 Enrolled at Govt. School of Art, Calcutta (unfinished studies) Enrolled at Vidyasagar College, Calcutta 1952 Graduated in Commerce, Calcutta University Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1953-54 Teacher, Local High School, Calcutta 1956-58 Indian Art College, Calcutta (evening classes) 1956-58 Art Director of two films 1960 Member, Society of Contemporary Artists 1964 Founder Member, Calcutta Painters 1979-83 Member, General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1987 Lecturer, Visual Arts Department, Rabindra Bharati University Calcutta Founder Member, Calcutta Art Fair Select Awards and Honours 2002 Received Abanindra Puraskar, Kolkata 2004 Rabin, documentary film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta 2005 Book `After the fall: Life, Time and Art of Rabin Mondal’ by the scholar Santo Datta Select Solo Exhibitions 1961 First Solo Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1963 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1965 Artistry House, Calcutta 1967 Arts and Prints Gallery, Calcutta 1971, 73 Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 1974,77 Triveni Gallery, New Delhi 1976 French Cultural Centre, Calcutta 1978-80,84 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1980 Paintings, Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay 1982-3 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi 1987 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta Art Heritage, New Delhi 1990-1 Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay 1991,4 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi 1993 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1998 Rabin Mondal, The Guild, Mumbai 2002 Recent works, Gallery Chemould, Calcutta 2003 Paintings by Rabin Mondal: Works from 1952 - 2002, Galerie La Mere, Kolkata Rabin Mondal Born: 2 November 1907, Calcutta, West Bengal Died: 5 October 1960, New Delhi Education 1928-32 Diploma in Art, Government School of Art, Calcutta Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1932-37 Art Director, Imperial Tobacco Company 1937 Participated in the World Scout Jamboree, Brussels 1937-38 Toured France, England, Italy and Holland studying exhibitions and galleries, attended Cezanne’s centenary celebrations and Van Gogh exhibition (Paris), Rembrandt (Amsterdam), Tintoretto (Venice) and Franz Hals (Haarlem). Also visited Egypt, Sikkim and Tibet 1945-47 Art Teacher, Sarada Ukil School of Art, New Delhi 1948-60 Art Department, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi 1958 Member, Judging Committee, National Exhibition of Art, New Delhi Select Awards and Honours 1933 Gold Medal, Art Exhibition, Calcutta University Institute 1936 Bombay Art Society show prize 1947 Shows at the UNESCO International Exhibition of Modern Art in Paris 1947 Shows at the Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Paintings at India House, London (a show that became pivotal to the foundation of the NGMA, New Delhi) 1951 Confession and Wind were exhibited at the famous Paris Exhibition, Salon de Mai where three hundred artists from twenty one countries including Masters like Picasso, Rouault and Leger participated Deemed National Art Treasure, Government of India Select Solo Exhibitions 1937 First solo exhibition, Calcutta 1939 Second solo at Boy Scout Headquarters, Calcutta Felicitated by Orientalist Giuseppe Tucciv 1941-43 1, Chowringhee Terrace, Calcutta 1945 New Delhi Town Hall, New Delhi 1950 Retrospective, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi 1960 Memorial Exhibition, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi 1961 Memorial Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1962 Memorial Exhibition, Kunika Art Centre, New Delhi 1983 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta Sailoz Mookherjea