Paritosh Sen

Painter Sculptor | Bangladesh

Born in 1918

Died in 2008

« Founder member of the Calcutta Group, an art movement established in 1942 that did much to introduce modernism into Indian art.. »

Paritosh Sen has a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. Later in 1942, he moved to Calcutta, where he and a group of friends formed the Calcutta Group, an association of artists that sought to incorporate contemporary values in Indian art. After that n 1949, he left for Paris to study further. Experience: Sen is a prolific writer who has published many works in both Bengali and in English, including a series of autobiographical vignettes titled 'Jindabahar Lane'. His famous works have been exhibited in India and internationally, in Germany, Tokyo, Paris, London, and in the US. His drawings and paintings are noted for their strong lines and bold, stylised strokes. Although colour is an important aspect of his paintings, it is the human figure, expressing a myriad of emotions, that dominates his art. His work depict scenes from everyday urban life.

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Founder member of the Calcutta Group, an art movement established in 1942 that did much to introduce modernism into Indian art.

Painter | Sculptor | Bangladesh

Born in 1918

Died in 2008

Paritosh Sen
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Paritosh Sen has a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. Later in 1942, he moved to Calcutta, where he and a group of friends formed the Calcutta Group, an association of artists that sought to incorporate contemporary values in Indian art. After that n 1949, he left for Paris to study further. Experience: Sen is a prolific writer who has published many works in both Bengali and in English, including a series of autobiographical vignettes titled 'Jindabahar Lane'. His famous works have been exhibited in India and internationally, in Germany, Tokyo, Paris, London, and in the US. His drawings and paintings are noted for their strong lines and bold, stylised strokes. Although colour is an important aspect of his paintings, it is the human figure, expressing a myriad of emotions, that dominates his art. His work depict scenes from everyday urban life.

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Credentials

Prizes
  • Outstanding Citizen Award from The English Speaking Union 1997
  • Kalidas Nag Award 1996
  • West Bengal State Lalit Kala Prize for Achievement in Art 1995
  • Conferred Hony. Doctor of Literature, University of Burdwan, West Bengal 1991
  • Conferred Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1986
  • Hirachand Dugar Award, Kolkata 1998
  • Smt. Bijoya Chakraborty Smriti Puraskar, Kolkata 1998
  • Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata 1998
  • Lalit Kala Ratna, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2004
  • Aban Gagan Puruskar, Viswabharti University, Santiniketan 1999
Solo Exhibitions
  • Gallery Sanskriti, New Delhi
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
  • Gallery Chemould, Kolkata
  • London
  • Brussels
  • ‘Retrospective’, Artworld, Chennai
  • ‘Retrospective’, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai
  • ‘Mini Retrospective Show’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
  • ‘Works on Paper’, Lakereen Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • ‘Paritosh at 88’, Project 88, Mumbai
  • ‘Paritosh at 88’, Galerie 88, Mumbai
Group Exhibitions
  • Four Indian Partners, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Four Indian Partners, Pittsburgh, USA
  • Calcutta Group – Progressive Art Group (PAG) Joint Exhibition, Kolkata
  • First Calcutta Group Exhibition, Services Club, Kolkata
  • 'Tales, Reflection and Constructs', ITC Windsor, Bangalore
  • ‘Colors of Art’, Presented by Galerie Sara Arakkal and Gallery Art Resource Trust at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • ’12 Artists’, Presented by Akar Prakar at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 'Moderns', Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
  • 'Frame Figure Field: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • ‘Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years after Indian Independence’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

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