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

260 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art Education 1947-53 Self-taught craftsman, painter and weaver 1954-56 Cultural Scholarship, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara, India Select Teaching and Infrastructure-building Activities 1950 Joined Kashmir Progressive Artists Association, Kashmir, India 1956 Founder Member, Baroda Group of Artists, Vadodara, India Founder Member, Kashmir Art Society, Kashmir, India 1959 Member of Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art and Culture 1960 Member, General Council, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India 1963 Published Urdu novel, Samandar Pyasa Hai 1978 Published a collection of poems in Kashmiri, Besukh Ruh 1980 Published Shakti Vichhara and Vakh in Kashmiri Director, Garhi Studio, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India Committee Member, Indian Posts and Telegraph Department 1991 Jury Member, 63rd All India Art Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, India Select Awards and Honours 1956 Gold Medal, at Industrial Exhibition, J & K Government, Srinagar, India President Sir Cowasji Jehangir Bart’s Prize, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India 1957 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 1959 First Prize, Kalidasa Jayanti Exhibition, Ujjain, India 1960 State Award, J & K Academy of Art & Culture, Srinagar, India 1963 J & K Cultural Academy Award for Urdu Novel “Samandar Pyassa Hai 1964 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 1973 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 1977 Padmashree, Government of India 1979 Sahitya Akademi Award, Besukh Ruh (collection of poems), New Delhi, India 1984 Artist of the Year Award, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, India Award, All India Fine Art and Craft Society, New Delhi, India 1985 Kalhana Award, The Kashmir Education and Science Society, New Delhi, India 1987 Bakshi Memorial Committee Award, for art and culture, J & K Government 1991 Kala Ratna Award, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India 1997 Doctorate of Literature (LittD), Posthumous, by University of Jammu Posthumous citation and special cash prize for extraordinary contribution in the field of art and literature, by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Select Solo Exhibitions 1953 One-Man Show, Srinagar, India 1956 One-Man Show, Srinagar, India 1957 One-Man Show, Mumbai, India 1959 One-Man Show, Mumbai, India 1961 One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 1962 One-Man Show, Mumbai, India One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India (22 January - 06 February) One-Man Show, Gallery Mayer, New York, U.S.A. One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, Kolkata, India One-Man Show, Tel-Aviv, Israel One-Man Show, Blair House West, Los Angeles, U.S.A. One-Man Show, National Gallery, Alberta, Canada One-Man Show, Kabul, Afghanistan 1963 One-Man Show, Srinagar, India One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India One-Man Show, Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. 1964 One-Man Show, Mumbai, India One-Man Show, Revel Gallery, New York, U.S.A. One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 1965 One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 1966 One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India 1967 One-Man Show, Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi, India One-Man Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India (10 - 25 February) 1968 Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi, India Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, India 1969 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 1970 Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India Bistidari, New Delhi, India 1971 Recent Paintings, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India (04 - 14 December) 1973 Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India (26 - 30 November) 1974 Show dedicated to Urdu writer Thakur Poonchi, Srinagar, Kashmir, India 1975 Pencil Drawings, Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India 1976 Acrylics, Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India 1978 One-Man Show, Sponsored by Gallery Chanakya,Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India 1983 Santosh, Gallery TAI IN, Seoul, South Korea 1985 Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi, India 1989 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 1991 Galerie 88, Kolkata, India (17 - 22 July) L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi, India (15 November - 04 December) 1994 Exhibition of Paintings, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi, India (21 March - 05 April) 1998 Exhibition of Watercoloures, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, India (10 - 24 March) 2001 L.T.G. Gallery, New Delhi, India (02 - 22 February) Select Group Exhibitions 1950 Shows with Kashmir Progressive Artists Association, Kashmir, India 1956 Indian Exhibition to Eastern Europe 1957 National Exhibition, New Delhi, India 1959 Contemporary Art from India, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Contemporary Art from India, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany Contemporary Art from India, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany Contemporary Art from India, Galerie Palette, Zurich, Switzerland Contemporary lndian Painters, Japan Modern Indian Art, Cairo, Egypt 1961 Paris Biennale, Paris, France National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada 1963 Mainichi, Tokyo, Japan Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1963-64 Ten Contemporary Painters from India, University of South Florida, Tampa, U.S.A. Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, U.S.A. Delgado Museum of Art (New Orleans Museum of Art), New Orleans, U.S.A. Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, Colorado Springs, U.S.A. Long Beach Art Centre, Long Beach, U.S.A. East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. 1964 National Exhibiton, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 1965 Mainichi, Tokyo, Japan Ten Contemporary Painters, M.LT. Cambridge and New Jersey State Museum, U.S.A. 1968 First International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India 1969 Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1971 Exhibition at Los Angeles, U.S.A. Contemporary Art of India, Japan Tantra Art, Montreal, Canada G.R. Santosh 1929-1997