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Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts.
On his return to India in 1940, along with artists like Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh...
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Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts.
On his return to India in 1940, along with artists like Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Hemant Mishra and Gopal Ghose, he founded the Calcutta Group of artists, which held its first exhibition in 1943. The aim of the group was to break away from the formal styles that were being taught in Indian art institutions, and move towards a more global aesthetic, which Dasgupta undoubtedly achieved in his sculpture that reflected Western and South East Asian influences along with pre-colonial Indian ones.
Dasgupta served as Curator of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, from 1957 to 1970, during which period the gallery acquired several important works for its permanent collections including those of artists M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta, Ram Kumar and A. Ramachandran. In 2008, the NGMA hosted a major retrospective of his works, 17 years after his death in 1991.
Dasgupta was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, and participated in several international exhibitions from 1953 to 1981. His first solo exhibition was held in 1945 in Kolkata, and was followed by several others at the Taj Art Gallery in Mumbai through the 1970s. Posthumous exhibitions of his work include those held at Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, in 2007; and the show 'Works of a Lifetime: 1936-91' at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, in 1991.
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Born
1912
Dhaka
Died
1991
Kolkata
Education
1937-39 Studied Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris
1937-39 Studied Bronze Casting, LCC Central School, London
1933-37 Diploma in Sculpture, Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai
1932-33 Studied Sculpture, Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow
1932 Graduated from Calcutta University
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013 'Contours and Volumes', to...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013 'Contours and Volumes', to celebrate the Centenary Year of the Prodosh Das Gupta and 80th Year of Sarbari Roy Chowdhury at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2012-13 'Calcutta Chromosome', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2012 'Contours and Volumes', to celebrate the Centenary Year of Prodosh Das Gupta and 80th Year of Sarbari Roy Choudhary at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Celebration 2010', Annual Exhibition, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Retrospective Exhibition', organized by Kumar Gallery, New Delhi at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
2007 Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
1991 'Works of a Lifetime: 1936-91', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1979 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1973 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1971 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1970 Gallery Geeta, New Delhi
1945 Kolkata
Participations
1981 International Small Sculpture Exhibition, Hungary
1979,80 Contemporary Asian Artists Exhibition, Japan
1978 Indian National Exhibition, Moscow
1975 Middleheim Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Belgium
1967 Tokyo Biennale
1953 Represented India in the International Sculpture Competition, Tate Gallery, London
Honours and Awards
1982-83 Abanindranath Award by Government of West Bengal
1982 Conferred Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1978 Award and Citation, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
1973 Awarded Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Work, The Board of Editors of the International Who Is Who in Art and Antiques, England
1963 Invited by US Government under Leaders Grant
1955 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London
1982-83 Abanindranath Award by Government of West Bengal
1982 Conferred Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1978 Award and Citation, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi
1973 Awarded Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Work, The Board of Editors of the International Who Is Who in Art and Antiques, England
1963 Invited by US Government under Leaders Grant
1955 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London
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