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

248 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Education 1955-59 Diploma in Drawing and Painting, Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, India Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities Early 1960s Worked part time creating sketches for animated films made at Mandar Mullick’s studio 1963 Became a member of the newly formed Society of Contemporary Artists 1963-80 Regularly participated in the annual exhibition of the Society of Contemporary Artists till 1980’s Select Awards and Honours 1955 Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, India 1956 Calcutta Art Society Award, Kolkata, India 1957 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India 1973 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India 1974 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India 1978 Artist of the Year, Sangeet Shyamala, Kolkata, India 1985 Shiromani Puraskar, Asian Paints, Kolkata, India 1998 Gagan-Aban Puraskar, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India 2003 D. Litt. Honoris Causa, Kalyani University, India 2004 Abanindra Puraskar, Government of West Bengal, India 2008 Life Time Achievement Award, Star Ananda, Kolkata, India 2009 D.Litt (Honarary), Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata, India 2011 Raja Ravi Varma Award, from the Kerala Government, India Select Solo Exhibitions 1987 Exhibition of Illustrations for book on Wajid Ali Shah, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India 1990 Jottings: Preliminary Drawings for Paintings, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India Exhibition of Illustrations for book on Wajid Ali Shah, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India (24 August - 02 November) 1991 Jottings, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India 1992 Exhibition of Drawings, Organised by The Gallery at Kerala Kala Peetom, Kochi, India (21 - 30 September) Jottings, The Gallery, Kochi, India 1993-94 Watercolours, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India (20 December - 20 February) 1994 Sketches, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India 1996 Jottings in Mixed Media, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India (15 September - 26 October) 1997 Retrospective of Works, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India 1998 Ganesh Pyne: A Retrospective 1952-1998, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India Ganesh Pyne: Whispers of Myth, The Window, Mumbai, India (01 - 27 October) 2000 Mahabharata: Drawings by Ganesh Pyne, Organised by Rarework.com at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, India (01 June) Exhibition of Drawings, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2001 Recent Works, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (19 January - 15 February) 2005 Ganesh Pyne: A Pilgrim in the Dominion of Shadows, Organised by Galerie 88 at Museum Gallery, Mumbai, India (18 - 24 April) 2006 An Enchanted Space: The Private World of Ganesh Pyne, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India (06 January - 04 February) 2010 His Mahabharata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India 2013 A Tribute to Ganesh Pyne, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Select Group Exhibitions 1957 Centenary First Struggle for freedom in India, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India 1961 Birth Centenary of Rabindranath Tagore, Kolkata, India 1968 1st Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India World Youth Festival, Prague, Czech Republic 1969 Indian Painters 69, Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata, India Paris Biennale, Paris, France 1970 Contemporary Indian Paintings, Festival of India in Germany Exhibition in aid of Menuhin School of Music, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K. Paris Biennale, Paris, France 1971 2nd Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India 1972 25 Years of Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India 1975 3rd Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India International Festival of Paintings, France Contemporary Indian Paintings, Germany 1978 Modern Asian Art, Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan 1980 Contemporary Art of India, Japan Indian Painting Today, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India Modern Asian Art, Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan 1982 Modern Indian Paintings, Organised by National Gallery of Modern Art ((NGMA) at Hirschorn Museum, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Contemporary Indian Art, Festival of India, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K. Indische Kunst Heute, Darmstadt, Germany 1986 Visions, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India Indische Kunst Heute, Darmstadt, Germany 1988 Galerie 88, Kolkata, India 1989 Timeless Art, The Times of India Sesquicentennial, Mumbai, India Self Portraits, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India 1993 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India Reflections and Images, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Wounds, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India Trends and Images, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India 1995 Fantasy, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India The Tree in my Life, The Village Gallery, New Delhi, India Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India 1996 Chamatkara: Myth and Magic in Indian Art, Curated by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Whitley’s Art Gallery, London, U.K. 1997 Tryst with Destiny: Art from Modern India, Organised by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) at Singapore Intuitive Logic: A Festival of Indian Contemporary Painting, presented by The Tuli Foundation for Holistic Education & Art (HEART) at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Mumbai, India (01 March - 19 April) Image: Beyond Image, Contemporary Indian Painting from the collection of the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan Exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, India Colours of Independence, Organised by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata in association with NGMA at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Bengaluru, India National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, India 1998 Multimedia, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India 2000 Shatabadi, Organised by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India Ganesh Pyne 1937-2013