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

Creative India BENGAL | Terms & Conditions 313 312 Born: 25 April 1908, Calcutta, West Bengal. Ancestral home Amaragari village, district Howrah Died: 19 December 1973, Santiniketan, West Bengal Education Early Early education at St. Agnes School, where his European teacher taught him to communicate colour with human mind and at Mitra institution of Calcutta initiated into music by his mother who sang Tagore songs admirably 1921 Joined Pathabhavana, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan (Nandalal Bose was the Principal of Kalabhavan) Offered some of his works to the manuscript magazine of Pathabhavana students He ventured into colour and started drawing its cover 1924 Continued his art training at the Abanindranath- Gaganendranath Tagore Atelier of Jorasanko, Calcutta under Gaganendranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore He learnt at the Dakshiner Baranda (south facing veranda) The association lasted for 28 years Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1921 Joined Brahmacharya Ashram, Santiniketan 1952 Curator, Kala Bhavan Museum, Santiniketan 1952-73 Teacher, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan Helped Abanindranath Tagore design the stage for the plays held at the Tagore residence He had deep interest in carpentry, photography and in making radiosets. His love for dramatics and music found expression in the songs of Abanindranath’s play ‘Espar Ospar’ Solo Exhibitions 1949-45 Calcutta 1951-52 New Delhi 1955 Bombay 1956 Gwalior 1958 Lucknow 1971 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (15-28 November) 1998 Paintings, A Retrospective, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta (14 November-5 December) Prosanto Roy Born: 6 April 1935, Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1956 Graduated, Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1957-64 Member, Academy Sketch Club, Calcutta 1964 Member, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta 1968-74 President, Charukala Shilpi Sanstha, Calcutta 1972-78 Executive Committee Member, Democratic Writers, Artists and Technicians Forum, Calcutta 1980 Honourable Member, Artist Advisory Committee, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta 1982-87 Vice-President, Ritwik Cine Society, Calcutta 1983 Founder Member, Samakalik Art Organisation, Calcutta 1985 Founder Member, Paschim Bangla Chitra Shilpi Samonnay Samiti, Calcutta 1986-94 Selection Committee Member, West Bengal Fine Arts Exhibition Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal, Calcutta (Not in 1988 or 1991) 1987 Examiner and paper setter, Government College of Art and Craft, Tripura Wrote articles on Art in several newspaper and magazines 1995-2000 Executive Committee Member, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta Select Awards and Honours 1992 Award, Solids Indian Drawing Biennale, Chandigarh 1996 Received a Silver Plaque honored as a veteran Artist of India by All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi 1997 Honoured by the Behala Art Fair Committee, Calcutta as an eminent painter Select Solo Exhibitions 1964 Calcutta (Also 1968, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1993) 1970 Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1970 Kleine Gallerie, Halle Museum, Germany 1990 Gallery Shivam, Calcutta 1991 Symphony of Life, Calcutta Information Centre, Calcutta 1996 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi 2006 Sajal Roy: Paintings and Drawings, Chitrakoot Art Gallery Sajal Roy