Born
1915
Died
1978
Education
1960s Learnt the Techniques of Czech puppetry from Mr. Frantisek Salaba. A Czech Amateur Puppeteer who lived in Mumbai
1932-36 Chittagong Government College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Self-taught Artist with no Academic Training in Art and inspired by the Village Sculptors and Puppet-players
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2014 'Chittaprosad, A...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2014 'Chittaprosad, A Retrospective, 1915-1978', Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2013 'ZONES OF CONTACT: Propositions on the Museum', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Chittaprosad: A Retrospective, 1915-1978', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi; Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 'Manifestations III', organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2004 'Manifestations II', organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 'Exhibition of Drawings, Linocuts & Woodcuts', organized by Alliance Francaise-Delhi at Gallery Romain Rolland,
New Delhi
1994 'Chittaprosad', Nandan, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
1992 To celebrate his birthday at Centre Art Gallery & Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata with Chitta Bharati
1992 Exhibition to mark his 14th Death Anniversary, Alliance Francaise, Kolkata
1989 11th West Bengal Youth Festival, Presidency College Campus, Kolkata
1988 'Remembering Chittaprosad on his 10th Death Anniversary', Rekha Forum of Fine Arts, Hyderabad
1985-86 Collated Works from Various Private Collections in India and abroad, and National Museum, Prague at Art Heritage, New delhi
1981 Largest Exhibition which featured his Works acquired by Prague's National Gallery since 1956
1980 'Retrospective', organized by Chittaprosad Art Archive,
Chitta Bharati, Kolkata & The Depertment of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal at Czechoslovakia and Kolkata Information Centre.
1979 'Retrospective Exhibition', organized by National Gallery, Prague, the Czechoslovak-Indian Section of the
Czechoslovak Society for Foreign Relations & Publishing House-Mlada Fronta at Fronta Gallery, Prague
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1964 Central Gallery of Calcutta's academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata organized by Shilpayan Artists Society, Institute of Progressive Art and Literature
1956 Prague, Czechoslovakia and Other important exhibitions in Denmark, Holland, Germany, Copenhagen, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
1955 Around 40 Black and white Prints by Chittaprosad were exhibited at India House, New York for 2 weeks
Honours and Awards
1992 Chitta Bharati organisation established in his honour
1979 Pavel...
1992 Chitta Bharati organisation established in his honour
1979 Pavel Hoble of Czechoslovakia, made a documentary film on him called 'Confession', it was awarded a special
prize by The World Peace Council
1978 Chittaprosad Art Archive was established, Kolkata
1978 Felicitated by Shilpayan, Mime Academy, Kolkata
1950 Rejuvenated traditional puppet theatre by founding his own Khela Ghar
1946 He worked for the Left Press, Mumbai. He did works depicting the Telangana Peasants armed struggle
against the Nizam's tyrannical regime in Hyderabad
1943 44 Drawings of Bengal Famine was widely admired
Active member of the Communist Party of India till 1947
1935 First Class Certificate in Arts by the Chattagram (Chittagong) Krishi Shilpa and Swasthya Pradarshani, commeroting the Silver Jubliee of the Chattagram Association
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