Lalu Prasad Shaw
BORN 1937 - Suri, West Bengal
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1954-59 Diploma in Painting (Western), Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata
TITLE: BIBI - I
ARTIST NAME: LALU PRASAD SHAW
MEDIUM: TEMPERA ON MOUNT BOARD
SIZE: 21.7 X 14.5 INCHES
YEAR: 2016
STATUS: AVAILABLE
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lalu Prasad Shaw was born in Bengal in 1937 and completed his fine arts education at the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata.
Widely known for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Prasad Shaw's works place the greatest emphasis on the physical characteristics of his subject. Capturing the expressions of his subjects to perfection with the greatest economy of lines and colors, each of Shaw's paintings has an intimate touch.
Influenced by the pre-independence Company School of Art, the traditional Kalighat Pat, and the Ajanta cave paintings, Shaw's works, executed primarily in gouache or tempera, like his own persona, are simple and graceful, with a style very quiet, well-composed and smooth exterior. This high-level artist draws primarily from nature and the environment that surrounds the greater Bengali middle class, often depicting pleasant and peaceful scenes from his own life on his canvases and papers. His style is unique and modern in adapting it to traditional Indian academics and formats.
Although he would describe himself as a painter, Shaw liked printmaking when he was 32 years old and soon after dominated the graphic arts genre, having previously worked with intaglio and lithographs, making a name for himself as an engraver comparable to of the great fame he already had as a painter.
Shaw has exhibited extensively in India and abroad since 1956, and his works have been part of prestigious international exhibitions such as the second British London Biennale, 1970, two Norwegian Engraving Biennials in 1974 and 1978, the seventh Paris Biennale. in 1971 and the Second Biennial of Asian Art organized by Bangladesh in 1984.
One particularly notable aspect of Shaw's paintings is their simple yet sophisticated appearance. A perfect synthesis of different stylistic elements is noted to achieve a phenomenal effect. His work is part of the permanent collections of various institutions such as the Birla Academy in Calcutta and the Art Forum in Singapore.
Lalu Prasad Shaw lives and works in Kolkata, where his son Partha has also established himself as a young artist.
TITLE: BIBI - II
ARTIST NAME: LALU PRASAD SHAW
MEDIUM: TEMPERA ON PAPER
SIZE: 19 X 14.5 INCHES
YEAR: 2002
STATUS: AVAILABLE
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