Celebration

Celebration

KUMAR GALLERY

Important Modern & Contemporary Works by 22 Artists

Kumar Gallery's ‘Celebration 2011’ is the fourth of its Celebration shows,

commemorating India's modern artistic achievements. Highlights of this

show are large works. The first generation of post-independence artists

introduced and promoted by the gallery developed into the most

celebrated and renowned modern Indian Masters. In ‘Celebration 2011’

along with the other artists, we have introduced four new artists: Shampa

Sircar, Nabanita Saha, Ramu Das and Amit Slathia, each of whom is of

marked significance to our contemporary era.

January 25, 2011 Sunit Kumar Jain

Red Moon,1966, oil on canvas, 44” x 60”F . N . S O U Z A (exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. F. N. Souza, Retrospective, 1999, 2001)

Untitled, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 96” x 48”

S A T I S H G U J R A L

SATISH GUJRALNandi Puja, acrylic on canvas

96” x 48”, 2010

SATISH GUJRALThe Swing, acrylic on canvas

96” x 48”, 2010

Ladakh Monastery, 1997, acrylic on canvas, 54.5” x 54.5”R A M K U M A R(exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. Six Modern Masters, 1997)

In the Name of The Mother, 2000, oil on canvas, 61” x 90”

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M . F . H U S A I N

(exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. Spirit Set Free, 2005)

Untitled, 1980s, acrylic on canvas, 82” x 63”

K . S . K U L K A R N I

K.S. KULKARNI

Geet Govinda series,1970s, acrylic on canvas, 63” x 40”

Fish Vendors, 1983, oil on canvas, 41” x 96”

B . P R A B H A

(exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. Spirit Set Free, 2005)

The Last Laugh, 1996, oil on canvas, 60” x 78”K R I S H E N K H A N N A (exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. Krishen Khanna, Retrospective, 2000)

G . R . S A N T O S H

Untitled, 1992oil on canvas, 60” x 60”

Urvashi and Minotaur, 1990, oil on canvas, 80” x 56”

A . R A M A C H A N D R A N

(exhibited NGMA Retrospective, A. Ramachandran, 2003)

Earthy Couple, 2010, oil on canvas, 72” x 48”

J A T I N D A S

Untitled, 2010, ink & dyes on paper, 55” x 39”

S O H A N Q A D R I

Untitled, 1985, Copenhagen

oil on canvas, 39.5” x 53.5”

S O H A N Q A D R I

Interaction I, 1997, oil on canvas, 52” x 52”

A . P . S A N T H A N A R A J

(exhibited Kumar Gallery exb. cat. A. P. Santhanaraj, Retrospective, 1997)

Girl with Her Pet, 2006, oil on canvas, 48” x 60”

A . P . S A N T H A N A R A J

Till Eternity, 2011, oil on canvas, 54” x 108”

P A R E S H M A I T Y

Untitled, 1970s, watercolour on paper, 19” x 25” x(four)S A K T I B U R M A N

SAKTI BURMANHanuman and Comedians, pastel on canvas

64” x 51.5”, 2007

Yogi, 2010, oil on canvas, 55” x 78”A R P A N A C A U R

Untitled, 2007, mixed media on canvas, 60” x 36”

S E E M A K O H L I

SEEMA KOHLIThe Tree of Life, mixed media on canvas

96” x 60”, 2011

Untitled, 2008, acrylic, ink and pen on canvas, 60” x 48”

A S H O K B H O W M I C K

Ganesh IV, 2010, acrylic & gold leaf on canvas, 60” x 27”

L A I L A K H A N

Untitled, 2010, oil on canvas, 68” x 88” (diptych)A M I T S L A T H I A

Jubilation, 2010, oil on canvas, 45” x 66”

A M I T S L A T H I A

Untitled, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 66” x 54”

R A M U D A S

Untitled, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 42” x 72”R A M U D A S

When I am Flying, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 60” x 48”

R A M U D A S

Untitled, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 72” x 44”

S H A M P A S I R C A R D A S

Untitled, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 72” x 44”

S H A M P A S I R C A R D A S

Untitled, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 72” x 44”

S H A M P A S I R C A R D A S

Struggle All the Way, 2009, oil on canvas, 60” x 66”N A B A N I T A S A H A

Search Continues - I, 2009, oil on canvas, 78” x 96”N A B A N I T A S A H A

Struggle for Existence - II, 2009, oil on canvas, 60” x 72”N A B A N I T A S A H A

A RAMACHANDRAN (b.1935)

Graduated from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Kumar Gallery invited him

to Delhi and held his first solo show in 1965 and subsequent shows in

1966, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77 and Retrospectives in 1978 and 1983 (at

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, jointly by Kumar Gallery and Art

Heritage). Exhibited: Kumar Gallery shows -Modern Indian Painting -

One Hundred Years, 1996; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings by 24

Masters (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration show) 2005; Spirit

SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005;

Celebration 2007; Celebration 2008; Celebration 2010; India Art Summit,

New Delhi, 2011; Celebration 2011. Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia,

Delhi 1965-92. Participation : Ist, IInd, IIIrd, IVth International Triennale,

New Delhi; Tokyo Biennale 1970; Menton Biennale 1974. National

Awards: Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) - 1969 and 1973; Parishad Samman,

1991, Padma Vibhushan, 2005. Retrospective, National Gallery of

Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, 2003.

A. P. SANTHANARAJ (1932-2009)

MFA and Lecturer, College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, 1952-1956. First

shown at Kumar Gallery in 1958. Participated: State and National Lalit

kala Akademi Art Exhibitions and Commonwealth Art exhibition in

London. Commissioner for Painting for Brazil Triennale, 1988. A

Retrospective, Delhi by CMC, 1990. One-man Shows at Kumar Gallery:

1996,1999, 2001. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery Shows: Modern Indian

Painting - One Hundred Years,1996; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings

by 24 Masters (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration show) 2005;

Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005;

Celebration, 2007; Celebration, 2008; Celebration 2011. Awards:

Tamilnadu State Lalit Kala Akademi Award, 1982; Kala Ratna Award, All

India Fine Arts & Crafts Society ( AIFACS), New Delhi, 1997.

BURMAN SAKTI (b.1935)

Graduated from Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata and Ecole

Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Awards: Invite d'honneur,

Colombes; Invite d'Honneur, Delle; Invite d'Honneur, Douai; Invite

d'Honneur, Enghien Les Bains; Invite d'Honneur, SainteMaxim;

Medaille d'or, Salon des Artistes Francais, Grand Palais, Paris; Medaille

Arts, Science et Lettres; Medaille au Salon de Juvisy; Medaille d'argent

au Salon de Montmorency; Prix de la ville de L'Isle-Adam; Prix des

Etrangers, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery

Shows: Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration

finalé), 2005; Celebration 2007; Celebration 2008; Celebration 2010;

India Art Summit, new Delhi, 2011; Celebration 2011.

B. PRABHA (1932 - 2001)

Graduated from J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. Solo Show, Mumbai, 1956;

First Prize, Bombay State Art Exhibition, 1958. Solo shows at Kumar

Gallery: 1958, 59, 60, 63. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery shows: Group Show

at New York Public Library, 1957; Modern Indian Painting - One

Hundred Years, 1996; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Celebration, 2007;

Celebration, 2008; Celebration 2011

BHOWMICK ASHOK (b. 1953) Shows since 1974. Directed posters workshops at Bhopal, Azamgarh,

Allahabad, Conducted Project joint Art with Intellectually challenge

Children of Mano Vikas Kendra, Kolkata, 2001. Council member, State

Lalit Kala Akademi U.P. Solo shows at Kumar Gallery 2003, 2008.

Exhibited, Kumar Gallery Group Shows: Spirit of a Century, 2004;

Celebration 2007; Celebration 2008; Recent Works, Kumar Gallery,

2009; Celebration 2010; India Art Summit, 2011, New Delhi;

Celebration 2011

ARPANA CAUR (b.1954)

Exhibiting since 1974 across the globe. Her solos apart from Delhi,

Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore and Chennai have been held in galleries

in London, Glasgow, Berlin, Amsterdam, Singapore, Munich, New

York and in Stockholm and Copenhagen National Museum. Work

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

exhibited at Museums of Modern Art in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh,

Dusseldorf, Singapore, Bradford, Stockholm, Hiroshima, Smithsonian

Washington & Victoria and Albert Museum London. Awards & Honour:

Gold medal in VIth International Triennele 1986 in Delhi; Commissioned

by Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection for the

50th anniversary of the Holocaust in 1995, and by Bangalore city and the

city of Hamburg to do large noncommercial murals in public spaces;

Three large non-commercial murals in Delhi and one in Kathmandu.

Exhibited Kumar Gallery shows: Spirit Set Free, 2005; Celebration 2007;

Celebration 2008; Celebration 2010; Celebration 2011.

JATIN DAS (b.1941) Studied at J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. One-man shows, Kumar Gallery -

1968, 73, 76, 78-79. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery: Modern Indian Painting -

One Hundred Years, 1996; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Spirit SetFree

(Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé), 2005; Celebration,

2007; Celebration, 2008. Invited to Biennale Paris, 1971; IVth

International Triennale, New Delhi, 1978; Biennale Venice, 1978; 7th

British International Print Biennale, Bradford, 1982; IInd Biennale, Cuba,

1985; IIIrd Asian Biennale, Bangladesh, 1985; Bharat Bhavan Biennale,

Bhopal 1992. (Award). Retrospective, LKA, New Delhi, 1990 & 2007.

Mural at Parliament,'Mohen-jo-daro to Mahatma Gandhi' 2001

DAS SHAMPA SIRCAR (b. 1970)

M.F.A (Painting) Jamia, 1995. Over 25 solos and group exhibitions in

India and abroad since 1996. Exibited, Kumar Gallery shows: India Art

Summit, New Delhi, 2011; Celebration 2011.

GUJRAL SATISH (b.1925) Mayo School of Art, Lahore; J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. 1952-54, worked

under Sequieros at Palacio Nationale de Ballas Artie, Mexico.

Participated: Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,

1969; India-Myth and Reality, Museum of Modern art, Oxford, 1982.

Represted at Venice, Tokyo and Sao Paulo Biennale. The Order of the

Crown from Belgium. National Award for Sculpture, 1974. Da Vinci

Award for Lifetime Achievement, Mexico, 1989. Santiniketan's highest

award Deshikottama, 1989 and Honorary Doctorate, 2000. Padma

Vibhushan, 1988 and Kala Ratna by President of India, 2004.

HUSAIN M. F (b.1915) Member, Progressive Artists' Group, 1948. First One-man show, Kumar

Gallery, 1956; subsequent shows - 1958, 59, 60, 61; First One-man show

abroad organised by Kumar Gallery at Gallery Frankfurter

Kunstkabinett, 1960. Participated - Sao Paulo, Biennale, 1971 (was a

guest along with Picasso); 'India: Myth and Reality', Oxford, 1982;

Modern Indian Painting, Hirschorn Museum, Washington DC; Six

Indian Painters, Tate Gallery, London, 1982; 'Contemporary Indian Art'

Festival of India, 1982, London; Coups de Coeus, Halles de L'lle,

Geneva, 1987; Retrospective, Mumbai, 1969; Kolkata, 1973; Delhi,

1978; Rajya Sabha Member, 1986; Padma Vibhushan, 1989; Kala Ratna

by President of India, 2004; Exhibited, Kumar Gallery Shows: Group

Show at New York Public Library, 1957; Contemporary Art From India

(Germany),1959; Modern Indian Painting-One Hundred Years, 1996; Six

Modern Masters of India, 1998; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings by

24 Masters, 2005; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee

celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration 2007; Celebration 2008;

Celebration 2010; Celebration 2011.

KOHLI SEEMA (b.1960) Diploma in Applied Arts (ITI) Delhi; Solo shows: Triveni Kala

Sangam, 2002; AIFACS, 1998; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Exibited

Kumar Gallery Shows: Celebration 2007, Celebration 2008, Celebration

2010; Celebration 2011

KULKARNI K. S. (1916 - 1994) Studied at J.J. School of Art, Bombay, 1935-42. Visiting Professor, Delhi

Polytechnic, 1945-50, 52-58, 59-61; Dean, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts,

BHU, Benaras,1972-78. Bronze Medal, International Exhibition,

London, 1947.Founder-member, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, and

its Director, Art Dept. till 1967. Represented India, International Arts

Program sponsored by State Department and J.D.R. 3rd Foundation,

U.S.A; National Award, LKA, New Delhi, 1955, 62, 65.Chairman, State

LKA, Lucknow,1972-78; Vice-Chairman, LKA, New Delhi, 1973-78.

Exhibitions: International Art Exhb., London, 1949; Arthur Newton

Gallery, New York, 1951. One-man shows - Franz Bader Gallery,

Washington, Watumal Foundation, Honolulu, Dunbar Gallery, New

York, World House Gallery, New York, Mordern Art Centre, Zurich,

1958-59; International Exhibitions, Japan and Sao Paulo Biennale, 1959;

Gallery Mayer, New York, 1960; Hathorne Art Gallery, New York,

1970. Shows at Kumar Gallery: 1955, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 72

(Retrospective), 1997, 2001 and 2005; Light from the Darkness,1997; Life

of Form in Art, 2001; An Appetite for Life (Kumar Gallery Golden

Jubilee celebration show) 2005. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery:1955; Group

Show at New York Public Library, 1957; Contemporary Art From India

(Germany),1959; Modern Indian Painting-One Hundred Years, 1996;

Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings by 24 Masters (Kumar Gallery

Golden Jubilee celebration show) 2005; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery

Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration, 2007;

Celebration, 2008; Celebration 2010. Eminent Artist, LKA - 1967, 72, 76.

Fellow LKA, 1982; National Emeritus Professor, 1984; Monograph, LKA,

1988

LAILA KHAN (b. 1970)

Studied Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, London and Expressive

Painting at the St. Martin's School of Art & Design, London (U.K), India

Art Show, Rossi & Rossi Gallery, London, 2001. Auction "Art for hearts

sake" conducted by Bowring's, Mumbai, 2003. Group Show by Habitat

Gallery, Delhi at Jahangir Art Gallery (Mumbai), 2004. 10th Harmony

Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, Curated by Mr. Vickram Sethi (The Arts

Trust), 2005. "Artists for a Cause" group show at Palm Court Gallery,

Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2005. "Gimme Red", group show by Polka

Art Gallery at Aparna Caur's Academy of Fine Art, New Delhi, 2006.

"Devotion", group show by Gallery Art Positive at Visual Art Gallery,

Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2006. "Celebration" group show of 25

artists by Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2007. Participated in an auction

"Art for Freedom" by Tehelka in collaboration with Bonhams at Asia

House, London, UK, 2007. Group show by Suryaveer Kohli Art at Visual

Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2007.Group show "Celebrating Womanhood"

at Lalit Kala Art Academy, New Delhi, 2008. Group show "Harvest

2009", 10th year anniversary show by Arushi Arts at the Stainless

Gallery New Delhi."OM & ALLAH" calligraphy group show by

Tradition Art at Tradition Art Gallery Mumbai, 2009. Celebration 2011`

Important Paintings by 22 Artists, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

MAITY PARESH (b.1965) BFA Govt. College of Art, Calcutta; MFA, College of Art, New Delhi.

Awards - Best Watercolour Painting Award, Govt. of W. Bengal, 1985;

Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta, 1985-86; Governor's Gold

Medal, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, 1988; AIFACS Award for Best

Watercolour Painting, New Delhi, 1990; AIFACS Award, 62nd All India

Art Exhibition, New Delhi, 1990; Harmony Award, Mumbai, 1999;

Royal Watercolour Society, London, 2002. Exhibited, Kumar Gallery:

Spirit of a Century, 2004; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee

celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration, 2007; Celebration, 2008;

Celebration 2010

QADRI SOHAN (b.1939) Masters Degree, Fine Arts. Govt. College of Art, Shimla, 1960. First

shown at Kumar Gallery, 1965. One-man shows - New Delhi, Mumbai,

Nairobi, Zurich, Vienna, Brussels, London, Munich, Basel, l, Toronto,

Ottawa, Los Angeles, Koszalin (Poland), Tampere (Finland) Hannover,

Copenhegen, Oslo, Stockholm, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Los

Angeles, Koszalin (Poland), Tampere (Finland) and New York, 1963-

2005. LKA Award, 1968; IAPAA. Award, Toronto, 1982. Represented -

Salon International de Paris,1969; IKI Düsseldorf 1973; Basel Art, 1975.

Conducts workshops and intensive courses on Aesthetics, Metaphysics,

Tantras and Meditation; Publications - 'The DOT & the Dots', Paintings

Poems, Sweden, 1978; 'Seeker', the Art of Sohan Qadri, Mapin Publishing,

India and Grantha Publication, US; Sohan Qadri, The Still Centre, Kumar

Gallery, New Delhi, 2005; One-man shows at kumar Gallery- 2000, 01, 02,

03, 04, The Still Centre (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration show)

2005, The Living Centre, 2006, The Moment 2007; Exhibited in Kumar

Gallery Shows - Modern Indian Painting-One Hundred Years, 1996; Spirit of

a Century, 2004; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration

Finalé) 2005; Celebration, 2007, Celebration, 2008, Celebration 2010; India

Art Summit, 2011; Celebration 2011.

KHANNA KRISHEN (b. 1925) Associated with Progressive Artists' Group, 1949. One-man shows, Kumar

Gallery -1958, 59, 64, 65; 'The Mahabharata -The Card Players- the Scribe',

1996; Retrospective, Paintings and Drawings, Kumar Gallery. 2001.

Exhibited, Kumar Gallery Shows: Contemporary Art From India

(Germany),1959; Modern Indian Painting-One Hundred Years, 1996; Six

Modern Masters of India, 1998; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings by 24

Masters (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration show) 2005; Spirit

SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration

2007; Celebration 2008; Celebration 2010; India Art Summit, New Delhi,

2011; Celebration 2011. National Award: LKA, New Delhi, 1965; Fellowship

of the Council of Economic and Cultural Affairs, New York,1965; Gold

Medal, First Triennale, New Delhi, 1968; Commissioner, IVth Triennale,

New Delhi, 1978; Padmashri, 1990; Lalit Kala Ratna by President of India,

2004; Padmashri, 1990; Lalit Kala Ratna , 2004 Films and Documentaries,

1995-1996.

RAM KUMAR (b.1924) Studied under Andre Lhote and Fernand Léger, 1949-52. Solo exhibitions

since 1949. Retrospectives - Kolkata, 1980; New Delhi, 1985; Bhopal, 1986;

Mumbai, 1986,1994; NGMA, New Delhi, 1993; National Award, LKA, 1956,

1958. Honorable Mention, Sao Paulo Biennale, 1959; 'Commandeur de

l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres' by French Govt., 2003. Padmashri, 1972. Lalit

Kala Ratna by President of India, 2004; One-man shows, Kumar Gallery -

1959, 60, 61, 62; Exhibited, Kumar Gallery: Group Show at New York Public

Library, 1957; Contemporary Art From India (Germany),1959; Modern

Indian Painting - One Hundred Years,1996; Six Modern Masters of

India, 1998; Spirit of a Century, 2004; Drawings by 24 Masters (Kumar

Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration show), 2005; Spirit SetFree (Kumar

Gallery Golden Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration, 2007,

Celebration, 2008; Celebration 2010; India Art Summit, New Delhi,

2011; Celebration 2011

RAMU DAS (b. 1979)

MFA, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 2007; BFA, Kala

Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 2005; Over 12 solo and group

shows in different cities of India; Exhibited at Kumar Gallery, India Art

Summit, 2011, New Delhi; Celebration 2011. Awards: Kokata Art

Foundation Award, 2003; Merit Scholarship of Visva Bharati, 2006

SANTOSH G.R (1929-1997) Studied under Professor N.S. Bendre, MSU, Baroda, 1954-56. One-

man shows at Kumar Gallery - 1958, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64; Exhibited:

Modern Indian Paintings - One Hundred Years,1996; Spirit of a

Century, 2004; Drawings by 24 Masters (Kumar Gallery Golden

Jubilee celebration show) 2005; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden

Jubilee celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration, 2007; Celebration, 2008;

Celebration 2010. National Award, LKA, New Delhi, 1957; Governor

of Bombay Prize, 1955-56; National Award, LKA, Delhi, 1964, 73; Gold

Plaque, National Exhibition, 1972; Sahitya Akademi Award, 1979;

NABANITA SAHA (b.1974 )

Master of Arts (Fine) in Print Making from Faculty of Fine Arts, M S

University,Baroda, 2002. Over 22 solo and group shows in India since

2003. Awards & Scholarships: Gujarat Lalit Kala Award in Print

Making, 2003. AIFACS award, 2002( State Level) in Print Making.

National Scholarship, 2001 (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India). College

award of Annual Exhibition of Govt. College of Art & Craft, 1998 in

Applied Arts as well as in Print Making. College award of Annual

Exhibition of Govt. College of Art & Craft, 1998 in Print Making.

Certificate of Merit in Print Making, 1997.

Padmashri, 1977; Artist of the Year, Sahitya Kala Parishad, 1984; Kala

Ratna, AIFACS, New Delhi, 1991.

SLATHIA AMIT SINGH (b.1981)

Master of Fine Arts (Painting) Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rajasthan,

2007. Over 18 solo and group exhibition in different cities of India and ndabroad. Scholarship and awards: 82 All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society

Award (painting), 2010; State Art Awards, Certificate of Merit, Jammu &

Kashmir Academy of Art ,Culture & Languages, 2009; National Scholarship

(Visual Art Painting) Govt. of India. Ministry of Culture, 2006-08; Lalit Kala

Academy Scholarship, National Academy of Arts, New Delhi, 2005.

Exhibited Kumar Gallery shows: India Art Summit, New Delhi, 2011;

Celebration 2011.

SOUZA F. N. (1924 - 2002) Studied at J.J.School of Art, Mumbai, 1940. Founder, Progressive Artists'

Group, 1947. First show at Gallery One, London, 1955, subsequent shows -

1957, 59, 60. Exhibitions at Bradford, Stuttgart, Paris, 1960. First show, Kumar

Gallery, 1962, subsequent shows - 1963, 65, 99 and 'Retrospective I',

Selected Works from 1950-99, 1999; 'Retrospective II', Selected works from

1945-2000, 2000; A tribute to F. N. Souza, 'Selected works from 1960-2000',

2005; Exhibited, Kumar Gallery shows: Modern Indian Painting - One

Hundred Years,1996; Six Modern Masters, Kumar Gallery,1998; Spirit of a

Century, 2004; Drawings by 24 Masters (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee

celebration show) 2005; Spirit SetFree (Kumar Gallery Golden Jubilee

celebration Finalé) 2005; Celebration 2007; Celebration 2008,

Celebration 2010.India Art Summit, New Delhi, 2011; Celebration

2011 Participation - Venice Biennale, 1954; Commonwealth Artists of

Fame, London, 1977. Chosen to represent Britain in Guggenheim

International Award, 1958; Modern Indian Painting, Hirschorn

Museum, Washington, D.C., 1982; Contemporary Indian Art, Royal

Academy, London, 1982; “India: Myth and Reality”, Museum of

Modern Art, Oxford, 1982; The Moderns, NGMA, Mumbai, 1996; 'Six

Modern Masters of India', Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 1997; Six

Contemporary Indian Artists, Geeta Kapur, 1978; Flamed Mosaic,

Neville Tuli, 1997;The Progressives, Yasodhara Dalmia, 2001;

Guggenheim International Award, 1958; Kalidasa Samman, 1998;

Publication - Nirvana of the Maggot, 1955; Biography 'Words &

Lines', London, 1959; 'Souza' Edwin Mullins, 1962; The White Flag

Revolution, 1982. Museum, Washington, D.C., 1982; Contemporary

Indian Art, Royal Academy, London, 1982; “India: Myth and Reality”,

Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1982; The Moderns, NGMA,

Mumbai, 1996; Six Contemporary Indian Artists, Geeta Kapur, 1978;

Flamed Mosaic, Neville Tuli, 1997;The Progressives, Yasodhara

Dalmia, 2001. Guggenheim International Award, 1958; Kalidasa

Samman, 1998. Publication - Nirvana of the Maggot, 1955;

Biography 'Words & Lines', London, 1959; 'Souza' Edwin Mullins,

1962; The White Flag Revolution, 1982.

Ramu DasNabanita Saha Gopal Ghose Amit Slathia Shampa Sircar Das Sohan QadriF. N. Souza

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