Dhiraj Choudhury (September 1936 – 1 June 2018) was an Indian painter. His work was displayed in more than eighty exhibitions, among those sixteen were international painting exhibitions.[1][2]
Career
Choudhury was born in 1936 in Bengal and took up painting as a budding artist from his childhood. Choudhury taught at the College of Art, New Delhi, during 1961–66.[3] [4]Choudhury referred to himself as an "aggressive painter" of "life full of misery" having to live through partition. He often expressed his protests against the dowry system, corruption and social inequalities.[5]
Death
Choudhury died on 1 June 2018, at the age of 82.
References
- ↑ Canvas of hope in tiger country The Statesman, New Delhi : 7 April 2018
- ↑ Art of the matter. The Hindu(31 July 2011).
- ↑ Dhiraj Choudhury: Celebrating 75 yrs in brush strokes. The Times of India(28 July 2011).
- ↑ https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIKM%2F2018%2F06%2F02&entity=Ar00808&sk=0035B024&mode=text
- ↑ DHIRAJ CHOUDHURY 1936-2018, Artist-activist passes away The Times of India, Kolkata : 2 June 2018