Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts & Books | 219 Education Had no formal training in art. The village sculptures and puppet players inspired him to become an artist 1932-36 Chittagong Government College, Chittagong, India (present-day Bangladesh) 1960s Learned the techniques of Czech puppetry by Frantisek Salaba (a puppeteer who was living in Bombay at the time) Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1934-39 Participated in the National Movement by making posters, drawings and cartoons 1940-48 Member of the Communist Party of India,Published Hungry Bengal, a pamphlet documenting his experiences of the Bengal famine of 1943, most copies of which were burned by the British Raj before they could leave the press. A few were salvaged. His drawings of the Bengal Famine were published in Communist party journals People’s War and Janayudha 1946 Worked for the Left Press, Mumbai, India 1949 Responded to the call ofthe World Peace Movement by contributing his art to the cause of World Peace 1950 Founded his own puppet-theatre, Khela Ghar, in collaboration with traditional Indian puppeteers 1952 Made a series of Iino-cuts titled Angels Without FairyTales depicting Indian children as sufferers of poverty, disease and oppression 1960s Learnt the technique of Czech amateur puppetry from Frantisek Salaba, an amateur Czech puppeteer living in Mumbai, India 1969 The Danish U.N.I.C.E.F. Committee published the collection of his lino-cuts Angels Without Fairy Tales dedicated to the International Conference in Defence of Children Donated his series of paintings, titled Neglected Childhood, to the Danish United Nations Children’s Fund Committee Early 1970s Was involved in writing stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata for children, in verse form with illustrations done by himself Early 1970s Illustrated Indian Fables and Fairy Tales and With Puppets to Calcutta by the Czech writer, Norbert Fryd Select Awards and Honours 1978 Chittaprosad Art Archive, an institute of research on Chittaprosad’s life and works established in Kolkata, Kolkata, India 1988 To Remember Chittaprosad On His Tenth Death Anniversary Day, a tribute published by Chalasani Prasada Roa, Editor, Eenadu, Hyderabad, India Select Solo Exhibitions 1956 Prague, Czechoslovakia Exhibitions in Denmark, Holland, Germany and U.S.A. 1964 Shilpayan, Kolkata, India 1979 Exhibition of Graphic Art, organised by Prague National Gallery, Czechoslovak Society for Foreign Relations and Mlada Franta Publishers (Prague), Fronta Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia Retrospective exhibition, Kolkata Information Centre, sponsored by the Government of West bengal 1980 Retrospective, Czechoslovakia Chittaprosad, organised by Chittaprosad Art Archive, Chittabharati (Calcutta) and the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta Information Centre, Kolkata, India (24-28 November) 1981 Largest exhibition featuring Chittaprosad’s works acquired bt Prague’s National Gallery since 1956 Chittaprosad - A Retrospective, Works acquired by Prague’s National Gallery since 1956, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1985-86 Art Heritage, New Delhi : Collated works from various private collections in India and abroad, and National Museum, Prague were brought together for the show 1988 Remembering Chittaprosad on his 10th Death Anniversary, Rekha Forum of Fine Arts, Hyderabad, India 1992 Centre Art Gallery and Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, with Chitra Bharati celebrating his birthday Birthday celebration Chitta Prosad, The Centre Art Gallery and Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata,India (21 June - 9 July) Exhibition of Selected Cartoons and Drawings to mark the 14th Death Anniversary of the Artist, Alliance Francaise, Kolkata, India An Exhibition of Chittaprosad - To Commemorate his 77th Birthday, The Centre Art Gallery and Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, India (21June-9 July) 1994 Chittaprosad, exhibition of works given to the Kala Bhavan Museum as a gift by Gouri Chatterjee, Nandan, Kala Bhavana, Sdantiniketan 1995 Exhibition of drawings, Linocuts and woodcuts, Gallery Romain Rolland, New Delhi, organised by Alliance Francaise, Delhi, India Chittaprosad, Alliance, Franyaise de Delhi and Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi, India (7 -20 March) Select Group Exhbitions 1955 Around forty black-and-white prints by Chittaprosad were exhibited at India House, 3 East 64th Street, New York for two weeks, The exhibition was reviewed in New York Post, November, 1955 1989 11 th West Bengal Youth Festiva, Presidency College Campus, Kolkata, India 2004 Manifestations II, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai organised by Delhi Art Gallery 2005 Manifestations III, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India 2010 Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2011 Manifestations 5, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Select Monographs, Films & Other Reference 1943-44 Hungary Bengal-A Tour Through Midnapur District in November 1943, printed by Sharaf Athar Ali, New Age Printing Press, Khetwadi, Mumbai, India 1955 A folio of his linocuts Contemporary Woodcuts was published in New York by Harold Leventhal, This folio was reviewed in New York Post, November 1955, National Guardian and The New York Times, Friday, November 11, 1955 1956 Unpublished manuscript The Story of Modern India 1959 Indian Fables and Fairy Tales by Bela Tislerova carried illustrations by Chittaprosad 1968 The Kingdom of Rasagolla and Other Tales by Chittaprosad, India Publishing House,Mumbai, India 1967 Drawings and Poetry by Chittaprosad, Shilpan Artists Society, Shipayan Serigraph Press, Kolkata, India 1969 Angels Without Fairy-tales Unkown Date Czech writer Norbert Fryd’s book With Puppets to Calcutta was illustrated by Chittaprosad Indiske Digte (Indian Poems) carried Danish translations of Indian poems by Erik Stinus Chittaprosad 1915-1978 Lot 46