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Bikash Bhattacharjee Art

Indian, b. 1940

Bikash Bhattacharjee was born in Kolkata. At a very early age, he lost his father. The consequent struggle for survival left him with a deep sense of insecurity as well as an empathy for the under-privileged, who often feature in his works. In 1963, he graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship. Bhattacharjee taught at Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship from 1968 to 1972. He taught at the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata from 1973 to 1982. In 1964, he became a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists. His first solo exhibition was at Kolkata in 1965. His paintings have been exhibited outside India as well. He had shows in 1969 in Paris; between 1970 and 1972 in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Hungary; in 1982 in London and in 1985 in New York. He was awarded the highest award of Lalit Kala Akademi, India’s National Academy of Arts, the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship.

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Artist: Bikash Bhattacharjee
Lost in Thoughts, Pastel on Paper, Painting, Green, Black, Red "In Stock"
By Bikash Bhattacharjee
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Bikash Bhattacharjee - Lost in Thoughts - 36 x 22 inches (unframed size) Pastel on Paper , 1962 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Bikash Bhattacharya is credited with bringing realism back to Indian art at a time when artists in India were leaning more towards distortion of figures and abstraction. Besides painting the city and its people that he knew so well, Bhattacharjee was an accomplished portrait painter. Realism was Bhattacharjee’s forte; his oil paintings could depict the exact quality of drapery or the skin tone of a woman. He achieved mastery in capturing the quality of light. Bhattacharjee achieved an enigmatic quality in his paintings that works on many levels from the visual to the subconscious. Subject matter included depictions of the female form, and people of all ages and situations—old men and women, children, domestic help. He had the ability to create an authentic milieu as a background to the characters to heighten the drama. Bikash had been deeply influenced by the surrealists, and stated that Salvador Dalí was his favourite painter. About the Artist and his work : Bikash Bhattacharjee (1940 - 2006) was born in Kolkata. Education : At a very early age he lost his father. The consequent struggle for survival left him with a deep sense of insecurity as well as an empathy for the under-privileged, who often feature in his works. In 1963, he graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship. Teaching Career : Bhattacharjee taught at Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship from 1968 to 1972. He taught at the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata from 1973 to 1982. In 1964, he became a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists. Solo Exhibition : His first solo exhibition was at Kolkata in 1965. Group Shows : 2016 – Dag Modern, New York, The Art of Bengal 2016 – Akara Art, Mumbai, Mysteries of the Organism 2015 – Dag Modern, New York, The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art 2015 – Dag Modern, Mumbai, India Modern – Narratives from 20th Century Indian...
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