BIJON CHOUDHURY
BORN - 1931
DIED - 2012
TITLE: BAUL
ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
SIZE: 18 X 24 INCHES
YEAR: 2010
STATUS: AVAILABLE
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1945-49 Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata
1953 Government Institute of Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
SIZE: 23 X 28 INCHES
YEAR: 2010
STATUS: AVAILABLE
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bijon Choudhury (1931–2012) was a Bengal-born painter known for his activities as part of the Calcutta Painters in India.
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ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: DRAWING ON PAPER
SIZE: 9 X 8 INCHES
YEAR: 2007
STATUS: AVAILABLE
Choudhury was born in Faridpur, Bengal (now Bangladesh) in 1931. He moved to Calcutta where he studied at the Government College of Art and Craft, but he was expelled before he could graduate because of his Marxist beliefs. He returned to Bengal and graduated from the Dacca Art College (now the University of Dhaka).
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ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: DRAWING ON PAPER
SIZE: 11 X 9 INCHES
YEAR: 2009
STATUS: AVAILABLE
Choudhury was one of the artists that formed the Society of Contemporary Artists in 1960. In 1964 together with Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Jogen Chowdhury and Dhiraj Chowdhury he founded the Calcutta Painters to break from the traditions of the Bengal School of Art. In the late '70s, he became head of the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship.
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ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: DRAWING ON PAPER
SIZE: 11 X 8 INCHES
YEAR: 2006
STATUS: AVAILABLE
Choudhury died on 16 March 2012. After his death, an exhibition of his paintings was arranged by the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts at the Bengal Gallery in May 2012
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ARTIST NAME: BIJON CHOUDHURY
MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
SIZE: 24 X 30 INCHES
YEAR: 2010
STATUS: AVAILABLE
HONORS AND AWARD
1995 `Abanindra Puroshkar, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata
1978 Award, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
1976 Documentary colored film entitled `Bijan`, made by Film Australia, Film Division of Government of Australia, shown at the British Council, Kolkata and in 1979 at the World Art Congress, Adelaide
1963 Academy of Fine Arts Award, Kolkata
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