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Jamini Roy Biography
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1887 |
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Born in an obscure Bengali village of the Bankura district in West Bengal
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1903 - 1908 |
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Diploma in Fine Arts, Government School of Arts and Craft
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1925 |
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Begins experimenting along the lines of the Kalighat idiom, and by the early 1930s he had made a complete switch to indigenous materials.
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1935 |
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Awarded Viceroys Gold Medal for ‘Mother Helping the Child to Cross the Pool'
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1953 |
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Exhibited in New York
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1955 |
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Honored with the State award of Padma Bhushan
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1955 |
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Awarded Padma Bhushan, Government of India
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1956 |
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Elected Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
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1967 |
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Awarded honorary D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
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1972 |
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Died a much celebrated and revolutionary artist, at the age of 85, in Calcutta
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Gallery Collection, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art, presented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
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2011
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The Body Unbound, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
The Emergence of Indian Modern Art, Aicon Gallery, London
Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
The Fish Eyed Cosmos, Apparao Galleries, Chennai
Time Unfolded, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
Masterclass, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi
Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day, Aicon Gallery, London
Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
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2010
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Manifestations IV, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Celebration 2010, Annual Exhibition, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi
Modern Folk: The Folk Art Roots of the Modernist Avant-Garde, Aicon Gallery, New York
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2009
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In Search of the Vernacular, Aicon Gallery, New York
Kalpana: Figurative Art in India, presented by The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) at Aicon Gallery, London; The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Moderns and More, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
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2008
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Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Post Independence Masters, Aicon Gallery, New York
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2005
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Manifestations III – 100 Artists of Contemporary Art, organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
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2004
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Manifestations II – 100 Artists of Contemporary Art, organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
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2003
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Exhibition of Works of Jamini Roy, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Poetry and Patriotic Fervor, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Indian Art Pre-Independence, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Manifestations I – Indian Art in the 20th Century, organized by Delhi Art Gallery at World Trade Centre, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
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2000
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Art of Bengal: Past and Present 1850-2000, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Face Off 1900-1980s. An Exhibition of Indian Old Masters and Moderns, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
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1998
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Temperas and Sketches, Art Bazar, Kolkata
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1998
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The Simplicity of a Pionee’, The Window, Mumbai
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1997
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Art of Bengal 1850-1950: Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
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1995
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From Seeds to Flowers – Jamini Roy and His Roots, Romain Rolland Galerie, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
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1990
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Centenary Exhibition, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
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1987
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Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
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1987
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Centenary Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
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1987
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Centenary Exhibtion, NGMA
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1938
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British Indian Street, Calcutta
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1937
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Samavaya Mansions, Calcutta
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