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

Born: 15 June1900, Tajhat, Rangpur, present-day Bangladesh Died: 15 October 1975, Calcutta, West Bengal Education 1920s Khelat Chandra Institution, North Calcutta Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta (Under Abanindranath Tagore) Life Drawing and Portraiture (Under Signor Boiess) Modelling, Studio of Hiranmoy Roy Chowdhury Designs the stage backdrops for Madan’s Corinthian Theatre the centre of Parsi Theatre in India Teaching and Infrastructure- building Activities 1929-56 Principal, Government College of Arts & Craft, Chennai 1953 Became the first Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and served for seven years First modern artist of Bengal to work on bronze. His monumental sculptures include ‘Triumph of Labour’, Delhi, ‘Shahid Smriti’, Bihar, ‘Temple Entry Proclamation’, Trivandrum and ‘Gandhiji’s Dandi Obhijan’, Calcutta Awards and Honours 1937 MBE (Most Exalted Member of the British Empire) conferred by the British Government 1958 Padma Bhushan, Government of India 1962 Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1968 Awarded Honorary D.Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta Select Solo Exhibitions 1963 Sambhunath Pandit Street, Calcutta [FS] 1989 The Art of D.P. Roy Chowdhury, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta 1999 Centenary Exhibition, Gaganendra Pradarshsala, Government of West Bengal Debi Prosad Roy Chowdhury