Meera Mukherjee
BORN DIED EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS SELECTED POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITIONS SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS HONORS AND AWARD ABOUT THE ARTIST Meera Mukherjee is inspired by the common man. Ordinary people doing everyday things find a manifestation in their art. Fishermen, weavers, and women sewing, all have been subjects of her work. Meera is a painter as well as a sculptor. She developed her unique technique for making wax sculptures in the latter field. Bengali calligraphy often makes its way into her work. Music and dance are also my favorite subjects. Meera was born in Calcutta in 1923. Until 1941 she studied in art classes run by the Indian Society of Oriental Art. She joined Delhi Polytechnic in 1947 to continue her education. At the end of this, she had the opportunity to work with the prominent Indonesian painter Effendi, who was then living and working in Shantiniketan. In 1953 she traveled to Germany to study painting. After her return from Germany, she held her first exhibition of her in 1960. She also actively participated in researching popular metal castings and casting techniques of Indian classical sculptures. Two distinct traits represent the spirit of Meera's work. The first is the celebration of humanism and the other is a burning desire to break free from routine and enjoy freedom. Meera Mukherjee died on January 27, 1998, in Narendrapur, at the age of 75 years old. Notification - We do not usually display Meera Mukherjee's work, only send it to private art collectors and interested art buyers.
May 12, 1923 Calcutta
January 27, 1998 Narendrapur
1961-62 Popular metal casting with artisans from West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, metal work with Nepalese Sakya artisans
1960s Popular metal casting with Bastar Gharuas
1953-56 Academie de Nildenden Kunstem, Germany, Painting with Prof. Glethe, Sculpture with Prof. Stadler & Heinrich Kirchner, Engraving with Prof. Thiermann, Lithography with Prof. Lowasser
1947-51 Diploma in Painting, Graphics and Sculpture, New Delhi Polytechnic
1937-41 Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta
2013-14 Transition, 20th anniversary exhibition, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2012 Meera Mukherjee A World in Bronze, supported by ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) and made by Akar Prakar Gallery, Kolkata, and the Buchheim Museum in cooperation with the Indian Institute, Munich at the Buchheim Museum, Bernried, Germany 2012 Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee (1923-1998), presented by Akar Prakar & WelcomSheraton Hotel New Delhi as a collateral event of India Art Fair 2012
2011 Time Unfolded, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 Intuitive Logic Revisited, from the Osians Collection at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 Memoirs of Meera, Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2009 Continuous Modern, Galerie 88, Calcutta
2008-09 Expanding Horizons Contemporary Indian Art, traveling exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati, Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur, Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad, Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalays, Solapur, Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur, PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune, Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2008 3 Masters Briefly, Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2008 Santhal family positions around an Indian sculpture, in association with Bodhi Art and with the support of the British Council, Kunststiftung NRW, and Antwerp Provence at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MuKHA), Belgium
2008 Exhibition of sculptures by Meera Mukherjee (1923-1998), Galerie 88, Kolkata
2008 Freedom 2008 Sixty years after the independence of India, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta
1997 Gallery 88, Calcutta
1997 Art Today, New Delhi
1960 Sculpture and painting, Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta
1952 Paintings and sculptures, Calcutta
1941 Oriental style painting, Calcutta
1993 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1981 Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta
1980.94 Gorky Sadan, Calcutta
1966 Sculpture, Chemould Gallery, Calcutta
1941,1952,1960 Calcutta
2006 Bronze, organized by Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2004 The Margi and the Desi Between Tradition and Modernity, presented by Gallery Espace at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1952-56 Munich
1949-51 New Delhi
1992 The Government of India award the Padma Shri
1981 Abanindranath Award from the Government of West Bengal
1976 Calcutta Ladies Study Group Excellence Award
1968 the Master Craftsman, from the President of India
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