Lalu Prasad Shaw

Lalu Prasad Shaw was born in Suri, West Bengal in 1937, and completed his fine arts education at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta

Widely known for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Prasad Shaw's works place greater emphasis on the physical characteristics of his subjects. By perfectly capturing the expressions of his subjects with the greatest economy of line and color, each of Shaw's paintings has an intimate feel

Influenced by the pre-independence Company School of Art, the traditional Kalighat Pat and the Ajanta cave paintings, Shaw's works, executed mainly in gouache or tempera, like his own person, are simple and elegant, with a very calm tone , well composed and smooth exteriors. This veteran artist is mainly inspired by nature and the environment surrounding the large Bengali middle class and often depicts pleasant and calm scenes from his own life on his canvases and papers. His style is unique and modern in its adaptation of academic and traditional Indian formats

Although he would describe himself as a painter, Shaw took a liking to printmaking when he was 32 and mastered the graphic arts genre shortly after previously working with intaglios and lithographs, making a name for himself as a printmaker comparable to the great fame he already had. had. . as a painter

Shaw has exhibited extensively in India and abroad since 1956, and his works have been part of prestigious international exhibitions such as the second British Biennale in London in 1970, two Norwegian Print Biennales in 1974 and 1978, the seventh Paris Biennale in 1971 and the Second Asian Art Biennale organized by Bangladesh in 1984

A particularly notable aspect of Shaw's paintings is their simple yet sophisticated appearance. There is a perfect synthesis of different stylistic elements to achieve a phenomenal effect. His work is part of the permanent collections of various institutions such as the Birla Academy in Calcutta and the Art Forum in Singapore

Lalu Prasad Shaw lives and works in Calcutta, where his son Partha has also established himself as a young artist.

BORN

1937 Suri, West Bengal

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

1954-59 Diploma in Painting (Western), Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Babu and Bibi, Gallery 7, Mumbai

2011-12 Looking Inward, Galerie 88, Calcutta

2011 Elegant Silence, Art Musings, Mumbai

2008 The Unlimited-Minded Artist, Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata

2007 Sepia Notes, Art Musings, Mumbai

1995 Painting, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta

1990 Graphic Art, Center for Contemporary Art, New Delhi

1990 Graphic Art, Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Calcutta

1987 Painting, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi

1985 Painting, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi

1984 Graphic Art, Heritage Art Gallery, New Delhi

1980 Graphic, Udipi, Bangalore

1976 Graphic, Sarla Art Gallery, Chennai

1967 Gallery of Paintings, Arts and Prints, Calcutta

1965 Gallery of Painting, Art and Industry, Calcutta.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Mark of Masters -2, Art and Soul, Mumbai

2009 Continuous Modern, Galerie 88, Calcutta

2008 Stories, reflections and constructions, ITC Windsor, Bangalore

2007 High on Art, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2007 An Evening in Paris Rome London, Sanskriti Gallery, Calcutta

2007 Stories, reflections and constructions, Galerie 88, Calcutta

2007 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

2007 Bengal Chromosome, Artists' Circle, Kolkata

2007 Linear configuration, art, and soul, New Delhi

2007 Suncrome 3, Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2007 Red Earth and the Pouring Rain, organized by Red Earth Gallery at LANXESS ABS Gallery, Baroda

2007 Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata

2007 Sensuality, Galleria, New Delhi

2007 Engraving and Printing, Art and Deal, New Delhi

2007 17th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Ganesha Gallery, New Delhi

2006 The Indian Art Show 2006, Arushi Art, New Delhi

2006 Tradition in Modernity, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2006 The Tempera Show, Akar Prakar, Kolkata

2006 Sanskriti Gallery, Kolkata

2006 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata

2006 The new space, Dubai

2005 Face to Face, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2005 Sunchrome Exhibition, Kolkata Paper Market, Kolkata

2005 Gallery, Bombay

2005 Art and Soul, New Delhi

2004 Call of the Real, organized by Gallery Sanskriti in Colombo

2002 Perspecta, Gallery 88, London

2002 Transsection, Gallery 88, London

2000 Contemporary Woman by Modern Indian Artist, Hong Kong

1977 Exhibition of graphic art from Asian countries, Volkshochschule, Leverkusen, Germany

1973 Dhaka, Chittagong, Bangladesh

1971 Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Prints, Poland

1971 Contemporary Indian Prints - Kolkata organized by USIS Smithsonian in New Delhi

1971 Prints from Asia, USA

1971 India Alike, Texas

1971 Group 8, New Delhi

1971 Expo -70, Traveling exhibition, Japan

1970 Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi

PARTICIPATIONS

2013-14 Transition, 20th anniversary exhibition, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2011 Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2010 Contemporary Printmaking in India, presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai

2010 Summer Show 2010, Center for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata

2010 Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

2007-08 From the Everyday to Imagined Modern Indian Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore and Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

1996 Indian miniature painting, Hong Kong

1986 II Biennial, Havana

1985 Indian Today Print, Helsinki, Finland

1985 Indian Today Print, Bonn, Germany

1985 Indian graphic at the India Fair, USA

1984 Second Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh

1982 Indian Graphics Exhibition, Havana, Cuba

1980 3rd World Biennial of Graphic Art, London

1980 3rd World Biennial of Graphic Art, Baghdad

1974 Second Norwegian Print Biennale, Norway

1974 Fourth International Exhibition of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Yugoslavia

1976 International Exhibition, Berlin

1974 International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Prechem

1973 First International Prize of Biella, Italy

1973 Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Prints, Germany

1973 10th Ljubijna Biennale, Yugoslavia

1971 VII Paris Biennale, Paris

1971 Second British Biennale, London

1956 World Youth Festival Art Exhibition, Prague

2016 Two Faces of Bengali Modernism GANESH PYNE and LALU PRASAD SHAW, New Delhi

HONORS AND AWARD

1981 All India Drawing and Graphics Exhibition, Chandigarh

1978 Graphic Art and Drawing Award, India

1976 Birla Academy of Graphic Arts Award, India

1971 National Award for Graphic Art, India

1959 Lalit Kala Academy of Graphic Arts Award from West Bengal, India