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

Born: 1900, Telirbag, Dhaka-Vikrampur, present-day Bangladesh Died: 9 August 1970, Varanasi Education 1922-24 Learns painting at the Government School of Art, Calcutta, then under the principal-ship of Percy Brown 1924-25 Explores the fine arts at the Indian School of Oriental Art 1929 Begins to learn, along with Lalit Mohan Sen, Dhirendra Krishna Deb Barma and Sudhanghsu Sekhar Choudhury , the tehnique of painting on plaster under the direct tutelage of Prof. Sir William Rothenstein, Royal College of Arts, Kensington Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1931-32 Paints murals at the India House, accompanied by Sen, Barma and Choudhury. The murals of the six Seasons of India , at dusk and dawn at the entrance hall (ground floor) were done by Ukil and Choudhury. The visitors lounge/ reading room has Ukil’s End of Roza (Fast) and Tordee Ragini . The mural covering the southern quadrant of the central done depicting the encounter between Alexander and Porus was done by Ukil c.1932 Takes over the directorship of Sarada Ukil School of Art 1940 Founded, the Ukil School of Art, Banaras 1940s Joins as Head, Fine Arts Department, Banaras Hindu University 1947 Designs, martyr’s memorial , Banaras Select Awards and Honours 1927 Viceroy’s prize, Exhibition, Simla Fine Arts Society Exhibition 1929 First Prize, Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi 1936 First Prize, Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi Ranada Charan Ukil Born: 14 Nov 1888, Bikrampur, Dacca, Present-day Bangladesh Died: 21 July 1940, Delhi Education 1905-07 Diploma in Mechanical Draughtsmanship, GSA, Calcutta 1907-11 Studied under the tutelage of Abanindranath Tagore Studied Indian Painting, Government School of Art, Calcutta Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1912-17 Art Teacher at Gouripur, Assam 1918 Art Teacher, Modern School, New Delhi 1920-30 Fine Art Faculty, Modern School, New Delhi 1925 In the silent film ‘The Light of Asia’ , played the role of Shuddhodana, the father of Buddha 1926 Founder, Sarada Ukil School of Art 1927 Founder, The Society of Indian Arts & Crafts (Later in 1931 under the leadership of Barada Ukil it became the All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society) One of the pioneers of Bengal School of Painting His last great work was a series of paintings of 31 panels on Krishna Legend for Sri Gopalji Temple, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Select Awards and Honours 1928 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society was established in New Delhi 1930-31 Awarded the Viceroy Gold Cup, New Delhi 1940 Gold Medal, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Select Exhibitions 1914 Exhibition organised by ISOA, Paris 1914-22 Annual Exhibition, ISOA, Calcutta 1923 Exhibition, BAS, Bombay 1924 Annual Exhibition, New Delhi 1925 Exhibition, Theosophical Society, Madras 1926-29 Exhibition Geneva, Hague, London and Dublin 1927 Exhibition, Simla Fine Art Society, Simla 1929 Solo Exhibition, Imperial Gallery of Art, London 1930 Mysore Dusshera Exhibition, Mysore 1931 Mysore Art Exhibition, Mysore 1932 Solo Exhibition, India House, London 1940 Annual Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi Sarada Charan Ukil