PAINTER
Arup Das
"My works are about human beings, but I like to put them in their historical and social context."
Born in west Bengal in the year 1924 Arup Das graduated from the Government college of Arts and crafts Calcutta.
PAINTER
"My works are about human beings, but I like to put them in their historical and social context."
Artist Biodata
Since 1960 to 1968 council member of all India Fine Arts & Crafts Society New Delhi. Awarded fellowship by the British Council in 1992 UK. Designed mural painting for Indian Pavilion in Expo-67 in Canada. Mural Painting permanently hung at the pearson college of Pacific. He has held 22 solo shows in several countries including Japan the UK and Canada and has participated in 24 group shows in India and abroad. He won the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1957 and the presidents Silver plaque in 1957. He lives and works in Delhi. His works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Modem Arts New Delhi the Sahitya Kala Parishad New Delhi and the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society New Delhi. His works make a lot of collection valueable. Arup passed away in 2004.
Artworks
Untitled,
Mixed Media on Paper
ID: ARDAH006
Untitled,
Water Colour
ID: ARDAH003
Untitled,
Mixed Media on Paper
ID: ARDA062
Untitled, 1987
Mixed Media on Paper
ID: ARDA061
Untitled,
Acrylic on Paper
ID: ARDA051
Untitled, 1991
Acrylic on Paper
ID: ARDA050
Untitled, 1997
Conte on Paper
ID: HASE1257
The Dhoomimal name is now touching eighty-five years of promoting contemporary Indian art, in this capacity a flagship enterprise within the fraternity, having witnessed the evolution and growth of art and art institutions from their very inception within the country.
