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1912 Barakar - 1991. Known for: Sculpture.
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Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after... Read full biography
Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the... Read full biography
Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts. On his return to India in 1940, along with artists like Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Hemant Mishra and Gopal Ghose, he founded the Calcutta Group of... Read full biography
Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts. On his return to India in 1940, along with artists like Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Hemant Mishra and Gopal Ghose, he founded the Calcutta Group of artists, which held its first exhibition in 1943. The aim of the group was to break away from the formal styles that were being taught in Indian art institutions, and move towards a more global aesthetic, which Dasgupta undoubtedly achieved in his... Read full biography
Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris, after completing his initial studies in sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts. On his return to India in 1940, along with artists like Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Hemant Mishra and Gopal Ghose, he founded the Calcutta Group of artists, which held its first exhibition in 1943. The aim of the group was to break away from the formal styles that were being taught in Indian art institutions, and move towards a more global aesthetic, which Dasgupta undoubtedly achieved in his sculpture that reflected Western and South East Asian influences along with pre-colonial Indian ones. Dasgupta served as Curator of the Natio... Read full biography
