Gobardhan Ash
Gobardhan Ash | |
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| Born | 5 August 1907 |
| Died | 22 December 1996 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Painter |
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Gobardhan Ash (5 August 1907 - 22 December 1996) was an Indian artist and an early modernist as per the art critic Sovom Som.[1][2][3][4] Ebrahim Alkazi[5] states that "Gobardhan wielded considerable influence as an artist in the 1940s". He co-founded the Art Rebel Center in 1933 and was a member of the Calcutta Group. He was mentored by and close to the artist Atul Bose.[6] Gobardhan was employed as the Chief Artist at the Indian Institute of Arts and Industry in Kolkata in 1946 for a period of two years and subsequently employed from 1953 as a Senior Teacher at the Indian Art School of Kolkata.[7][8] Ranjit Hoskote specifically identifies Gobardhan's 1948 - 1951 period wherein Gobardhan "focusses on creating a style similar to various idioms within pattachitra into a consciousness that is clearly aware of cinema and animation".[9]
Education
[edit]Gobardhan Ash had initially joined the Government College of Art, Kolkata as a student in 1926.[10] He lost his scholarship at the school due to his involvement with the civil disobedience movement in 1930's.[11] Differences with the teaching methods and an open skirmish with the then principal Mukul Dey ultimately led to the formation of a group called the Young Artist's Student Union in 1931[12] and the Art Rebel Center.[13][14] He subsequently studied under Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury at the Government Art School in Madras.[15]
Lifetime achievement awards
[edit]- Award From the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1937[16]
- Abanindranath Puraskar for lifetime service and excellence in the field of art practice (Abanindranath Tagore award), 1984[17]
- All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Honors Gobardhan Ash for his contribution to Art, 1988[18][19]
- Art Heritage Award, 1985[20]
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Abanindra Puraskar -
AIFACS Award -
Akademi Award
Exhibitions
[edit]- February 1930 - Calcutta University Institute, First Annual Exhibition[21]
- April 1933 - Art Rebel Centre Exhibition[22]
- December 1933 - January 1934, First Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[23]
- December 1934 - January 1935, Second Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[24]
- December 1936 - January 1937, Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[25]
- December 1940, Exhibition of the Society of Modern Arts[26]
- December 1946, Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition by the Students and ex-Students of the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata[27]
- January 1948, Indian Exhibition in Singapore[28]
- April 1950, Exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures by the members of the Calcutta Group and the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group[29]
References
[edit]- ^ Art Heritage Season 1983 - 84. New Delhi: Art Heritage. 1984. p. 24.
- ^ Sovon, Som. "Art Critic". Amazon.
- ^ "A Mumbai NFT auction looks back at Gobardhan Ash's prolific oeuvre". Architectural Digest.
- ^ "The power of ideas in art". Forbes.
- ^ Art Heritage Season 1983 - 84. New Delhi: Art Heritage. 1984. p. 3.
- ^ Gobardhan, Ash. "Artist".
- ^ "Gobardhan Ash Employment".
- ^ "Indian Art School Prospectus, 1955" (PDF).
- ^ "Ranjit Hoskote on Gobardhan Ash".
- ^ "AstaGuru - Gobardhan Ash Profile".
- ^ "A lifetime on canvas". Economic Times. 28 August 1993.
- ^ "Young Artists Student Union".
- ^ Gobardhan, Ash. "Rebel Artists Center" (PDF).
- ^ Trouilloud, Julia (2017). "The Reception of Modern European Art in Calcutta: a Complex Negotiation (1910s-1940s)". Academia.edu. Artl@s Bulletin 6, no. 2 (2017): Article 7.: 106.
- ^ Nag, Ashoke (2012). "Kolkata art gallery, Aakriti, celebrates famed Bengal artist Gobardhan Ash's 105th anniversary". Economic Times (published July 30, 2012).
- ^ "Award From the Academy of Fine Arts".
- ^ Ash, Gobardhan. "Abanindra Puraskar for Gobardhan Ash". Delhi Art Gallery. DAG.
- ^ "SaffronArt - Gobardhan Ash Awards".
- ^ "AIFACS AWARD 1988".
- ^ "Award from Art Heritage".
- ^ Calcutta University. "Calcutta University Institute Art Exhibition" (PDF).
- ^ Gobardhan, Ash. "Art Rebel Center" (PDF).
- ^ "First Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts" (PDF).
- ^ "Second Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts" (PDF).
- ^ "Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts" (PDF).
- ^ "Society of Modern Art Exhibition" (PDF).
- ^ "Twenty Third Annual Exhibition by the Students and ex-Students of the Government College of Art" (PDF).
- ^ "Catalogue of Indian Exhibition in Singapore" (PDF).
- ^ "Exhibition of the Calcutta Group and the Bombay Progressives".