K. Jagjit Singh is a landscape artist who was attracted to colours and canvas in his early age. The young man joined the NDA in 1960. However, that couldn’t stop his zeal to learn the finer nuances of art. He was trained at the NDA by art professionals. Later, he joined the Kumaon regiment and…
Jogen Chowdhury was born in Faridpur (present-day Bangladesh) in 1939. In 1948, the family moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) after the Partition of India. He graduated from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata in 1960. Later, he joined Beaux-Arts de Paris for further studies. The trauma of being uprooted from the birthplace which…
The contemporary Indian artist, Jayasri Burman, was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1960 and completed her studies from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. She has participated in exhibitions in India and many other countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, London, Germany and Tokyo. She received the National Award in 1985. In 2007, her paintings were…
Jayashree Chakravarty was born in Tripura in 1956. She completed her education in fine arts from Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan. She went to pursue a postgraduate diploma in fine arts from the MS University of Baroda. Later, she moved to France. The artist has showcased her work both in India and abroad. In 1988,…
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Jatin Das was born in Orissa (now Odhisha) in 1941. Alumnus of Sir J J School of Art, Bombay, he has participated in numerous solo exhibitions in India and abroad. His phenomenal work has been auctioned by Osian’s, Sotheby’s and Christie’s. In the late nineties, he designed a 7 x 68 ft mural named, The…
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The vertical character of the skyline infused with brilliant hues is iridescent, as if framing a mirage or weaving a dream with rays of light. Gurudas Shenoy’s paintings of urban spaces recount narratives constructed around places, their architecture and history to form visual chronicles. The irregular façades of structural forms conceal stories of life and…
Ganesh Pyne was born in 1937 in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He witnessed the horrors of the partition and it left deep scars on a young boy’s psyche. We see the results of these scars in his paintings. The Bengali folk tales that his grandmother narrated to him in his childhood also played an important role…
Ganesh Haloi was born in Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh in 1936. The Partition of India forced him to leave his birth place, this experience deeply affected him and we see its reflection in his art pieces. In 1956, he graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta (now Kolkata). Later, he joined the…