Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
ABOUT
Preferred watercolor and printmaking, avoiding oil on canvas
Painter | India
Born in 1915
Died in 1978
Chittaprosad became radicalized as a student of the Chittagong Government College in the mid-1930s. He joined the grassroots movement to resist colonial oppression by the British. Today, collectors and lovers of art treasure Chittaprosad's woodcuts, linocuts, and posters immensely. Experience: A self-taught artist, he experimented constantly with the art of picture-making. A master of many forms, he quickly adapted to the need of the times and switched to simpler lines and fewer exaggerations of forms. Amongst his noted works are the posters and paintings of the Naval Mutiny in Bombay (1946). He even joined the World Peace Movement. Bhattacharya was first exhibited in Prague's National Gallery and was heralded bet the international artist community as a master. Confession, a documentary on his life by Pavel Hobl (Czech) won a special prize from the World Peace Council.