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Jogen Chowdhury

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{{Short description|Indian artist}}
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| name = Jogen Chowdhury
| image = Jogen Chowdhury - Kolkata 2012-10-03 0468.JPG
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| caption = Chowdhury at [[Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata]], 2012.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|2|19}}
| birth_place = Daharpara, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| office = [[Indian Parliament |Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 3 April 2014
| term_end = 2 April 2020
| constituency = [[West Bengal]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| occupation = Painter
| website = {{URL|http://www.jogenchowdhury.net/}}
| awards = [[Banga Bibhushan]] (2012)
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| education = [[University of Calcutta]]; [[Government College of Art & Craft]]
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'''Jogen Chowdhury''' (born 19 February 1939) is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India. He lives and works in [[Santiniketan]]. He graduated from the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata]] and subsequently at [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], Paris in 1967. He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, water colour and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.

Lines and its tactile characteristic to enhance colours is an important material in Indian Art for ages. Jogen Chowdhury himself is a master of lines and he has mastered to make the curves depict the character of his figures. By careful distortion of the form he imparts the air of caricature in his figures, figures of men and women. The figure is always the most important and conveys all the artist has to express. Colour, he uses though, is to provide matter into the form. [[R. Siva Kumar]] has lucidly described Jogen's works in the following excerpt:"The pulse and rhythm of Jogen Chowdhury’s art comes from a filial affinity to nature and milieu. In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness. Mnemic displacements and personal associations add to the symbolic ambivalence of his motifs, making his images come closer to inexplicable experiences than to explicit signs. In the postures of some figures we feel an animal sentience, in the ripe anatomy of others we savour a fruity succulence. The figures are wrought by a combination of decorative wilfulness and expressive distortion and are imbued with an effusive sensuality. Chowdhury’s art is rich in suggestions; it is to be apprehended without bracketing our fund of knowledge, experience or memories, but also cannot be narrativised without trivialising it, without depleting its sensory particularities."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cimaartindia.com/artists.php?a=jogen-chowdhury |title=Jogen Chowdhury |work=Center of International Modern Art (CIMA)}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life and education===
Jogen was born in Daharpara Village, a village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh in 1939. His father Pramatha Nath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Jogen received the interest on art from his parents as both his parents were artists. Pramatha Nath was interested in Hindu mythological incidents and characters. He had painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres. He had also sculpted various Hindu deities.
Jogen's mother was an expert in [[Rangoli|Alpana]] drawings.

Jogen Chowdhury was born and brought-up in a village culture and atmosphere. Just before partition Jogen along with his father came to Calcutta; the rest of the family moved to Calcutta in 1948, after the partition. The family stayed at his uncle's quarter. Here Jogen painted his first painting, on the wall.<ref name="Palette Art Gallery">{{Cite web |url=http://www.paletteartgallery.com/artistbiography.asp?artistid=15 |title=The palette Art Gallery ''Jogen Chowdhury'''s biography and selected works |access-date=17 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023055612/http://www.paletteartgallery.com/artistbiography.asp?artistid=15 |archive-date=23 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1951, Jogen's family moved to Saheednagar Colony, [[Dhakuria]].

Jogen was admitted to the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata]] in 1955 wherefrom he graduated by 1960. His first job was as an art teacher in [[Howrah Zilla School]]. After two years in 1962, he was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board, Calcutta.

===His youth===
In 1965, he went to Paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter's Atelier 17. Afterwards he spent five months in London.

He returned to India in early 1968. He was appointed as a textile designer in the Handloom Board in Chennai. In 1970, he joined the [[Calcutta Painters]] Group. His first collection of poems [[Hridoy Train Beje Othey]] was also published in the same year.

He quit his job at the Madras Handloom Board in 1972 to join the Art Gallery of [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], New Delhi as a Curator. Due to this new job, he moved to New Delhi. He founded the [[Gallery 26 and Artists' Forum]] in New Delhi in 1975 along with some leading painters of New Delhi. In 1986, Jogen represented India in the 'Festival of Art' in Baghdadwi.

===Santiniketan===
In 1987, Jogen Chowdhury joined [[Kala Bhavan]], Santiniketan as professor of painting. Beside his numerous paintings, exhibitions, he has written extensively on contemporary art. He was also appointed as Juror in several exhibitions.

== Awards and honors ==

* Awarded by the Prix le France de la Jeune Peinture, [[Paris]] (1966),
* Awarded at the 2nd Biennale of Havana, [[Cuba]] (1986),
* Awarded at the International Print Biennale, [[Bhopal]] (1995),
* Honored with the prestigious [[Kalidas Samman]] by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]], (2001),
*An honorary D. Litt by [[Rabindra Bharati University]] (2010),
*Awarded by the [[Banga Bibhushan]] award by the [[Government of West Bengal]] (2012),
*Honored by the Zainul Samman (2016) by [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jogen Chowdhury: Reverie and Reality - Announcements - e-flux|url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/278587/jogen-chowdhuryreverie-and-reality/#:~:text=He%20has%20been%20honoured%20with,)%20by%20Dhaka%20University,%20Bangladesh.|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.e-flux.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* The Arts of India, by Basil Grey, [[Phaidon Press|Phaidon]] (1981),
* Image and Imagination by Geeti Sen, Mapin (1996),
* Jogen Chowdhury Chitrakala (Bengali), Arun Sen (1996),
* Indian Contemporary Art: Post Independence, Vadehra Art Gallery (1997),
* Major Trends in Indian Art, [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] (1997),
* The Flamed Mosaic, Indian Contemporary Painting by Neville Neville Tuli, HEART (1997),
* Dreams 1900-2000, edited by Lynn Gamwell, Cornell University Press (2000),
* When Was Modernism, by Gaeta Kapur, Tulika (2000),
* Indian Art, by Partha Mitter, [[Oxford]] (2001),
* A Special Issue on Jogen Chowdhury (Bengali), Nandimukh Publication (2002),
*Contemporary Art of Bengal, Mapin (2003),
*Indian Art: An Overview, edited by Gayatri Sinha, Rupa & Co. (2003),
*Ten Contemporary Artists of Bengal (Bengali) Pratikshan (2003),
*Jogen Chowdhury Enigmatic Visions, published by Glenbarra Art Museum, collected works from exhibitions at Pundole Art Gallery, [[Mumbai]], Vadehra Art Gallery, [[New Delhi]], Chitrakoot Art Gallery, [[Kolkata]] (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Jogen Chowdhury,Famous Artist,Famous Painter|url=https://www.jogenchowdhury.net/resume.asp|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.jogenchowdhury.net}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 2014, Jogen Chowdhury has been elected as a member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinamool Congress wins four Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal; Congress bags two in Assam, three in Andhra Pradesh|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/trinamool-congress-wins-four-rajya-sabha-seats-in-west-bengal-congress-bags-two-in-assam-three-in-an-480705|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/jogen-chowdhury-prof |series=Profile |title=Jogen Chowdhury, Prof. |work=Indian Parliament}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}5.Retrospective exhibition of Jogen Chowdhury at [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore]] in Apr 2016 [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/a-retrospective-of-jogen-chowdhurys-career/articleshow/52429217.cms]

==External links==
* [http://osianama.com/mast-art-0000188 Jogen Chowdhury Artworks and Public Auction Prices and Economic Data]
* [http://www.saffronart.com/artists/jogen-chowdhury "Jogen Chowdhury Profile,Interview and Artworks"]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190223154223/http://gallerienvya.com/ "Gallerie Nvyā – Artist/ View all/ Jogen Chowdhury"]
* [http://www.paletteartgallery.com/artists-list/artist-info/157 The palette Art Gallery ''Jogen Chowdhury'''s biography and selected works].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080919181127/http://www.cimaartindia.com/NewCima/Artists/JOGENCHOWDHURY.htm The CIMA Art Gallery ''Jogen Chowdhury'''s biography and selected works].
* [http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/jogen_chowdhury.htm Contemporary Indian Art ''Jogen Chowdhury'''s biography and selected works].
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/649507/jogen-chowdhury.html Artnet.com ''Jogen Chowdhury'''s selected works on sale].

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Ashok Bhattacharya

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| term_end = 21 March 2021
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'''Ashok Bhattacharya''' is an Indian politician and the former mayor of [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]]. He is a member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)). He is a prominent leader of CPI(M) in the northern region of West Bengal. He was the Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the [[Government of West Bengal]] for three consecutive terms (1996–2011).

==Early life==
He was born in 1949 in [[Siliguri]] of [[West Bengal]] in Independent India. He completed his graduation from [[University of North Bengal]] in Siliguri, West Bengal.

==Political career==

Ashok Bhattacharya started his political career as a corporator in [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]]. He became the chairman of [[Siliguri]] municipality in 1987 and remained as the chairman till 1991. He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate for the first time in 1991. He is a five-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Siliguri]]. He won elections from Siliguri in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp25.htm | title = 25 - Siliguri Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| accessdate = 2010-09-25 }}</ref> In 1996, he became the Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Left Front Government in West Bengal under chief minister [[Jyoti Basu]]. He also continued as cabinet minister under chief minister [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] till 2011 when the Left Front Government lost the power to [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (AITC). in [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], he was defeated by AITC candidate Rudra Nath Bhattacharya in [[Siliguri]]. But he won from [[Siliguri]] again in [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] against AITC candidate and former captain of Indian National Football Team [[Bhaichung Bhutia]].

In May 2015, Ashok Bhattacharya became the [[Mayor]] of [[Siliguri Municipal Corporation]] after the Left Front won the municipal election in Siliguri.Ashok Bhattachrya lost the Siliguri corporation election 2021 by Md Alam Khan of TMC from ward number 6.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.wbassembly.gov.in/pdf/MEMBERS%20ELECTED%20TO%20THE%20FOURTEENTH%20LEGISLATIVE%20ASSEMBLY.pdf Member's List West Bengal Legislative Assembly]

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