Chintamoni Kar

Chintamoni Kar was born in Kharagpur, West Bengal in 1915. The Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta, was his alma mater. He studied sculpture at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, in 1938. Upon his return to India, he was a professor at the University of Calcutta. Later, he also taught at Delhi Polytechnic. In 1946 he moved from India to London. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He was elected principal of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta in 1956. He has held a large number of exhibitions both in India and abroad. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan in 1974.

The artist died in 2005.

BORN

19 April, 1915 Kharagpur West Bengal

DIED

October 3, 2005 Kolkata

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

He studied at the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata

1938-39 Sculpture at the Accademia de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris

1960-61 Scholarly Art Conservation, Conservation Laboratory of the Louvre Museum and Royal du Patrimoine Artisique, Paris

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1975 Retrospective, Calcutta

1969 Solo Exhibition, Romania

1950 Exhibition at the Galerie des Garet, France.

1948-50 Exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists

1948-50 Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London.

1944,46,50,52 Individual exhibitions

1938 Exhibition at the Grand Salon in Paris.

PARTICIPATIONS

2013 The Nude and the Nude The Body in Modern Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2011 Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2011 Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

1962 Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil

1955-60 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi

HONORS AND AWARD

1974 Awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.