Gobardhan Ash (5 August 1907 – 22 December 1996) was an Indian artist and an early modernist as per the art critic Sovom Som.[1][2][3][4] Ebrahim Alkazi[5] states that "Gobardhan wielded considerable influence as an artist in the 1940s". He co-founded the Art Rebel Center in 1933 and was a member of the Calcutta Group. He was mentored by and close to the artist Atul Bose.[6] Gobardhan was employed as the Chief Artist at the Indian Institute of Arts and Industry in Kolkata in 1946 for a period of two years and subsequently employed from 1953 as a Senior Teacher at the Indian Art School of Kolkata.[7][8] Ranjit Hoskote specifically identifies Gobardhan's 1948 - 1951 period wherein Gobardhan "focusses on creating a style similar to various idioms within pattachitra into a consciousness that is clearly aware of cinema and animation".[9]
Education
Gobardhan Ash had initially joined the Government College of Art, Kolkata as a student in 1926.[10] He lost his scholarship at the school due to his involvement with the civil disobedience movement in 1930's.[11] Differences with the teaching methods and an open skirmish with the then principal Mukul Dey ultimately led to the formation of a group called the Young Artist's Student Union in 1931[12] and the Art Rebel Center.[13][14] He subsequently studied under Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury at the Government Art School in Madras.[15]
Lifetime achievement awards
- Award From the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1937[16]
- Abanindranath Puraskar for lifetime service and excellence in the field of art practice (Abanindranath Tagore award), 1984[17]
- All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Honors Gobardhan Ash for his contribution to Art, 1988[18][19]
- Art Heritage Award, 1985[20]
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Abanindra Puraskar
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AIFACS Award
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Akademi Award
Exhibitions
- February 1930 - Calcutta University Institute, First Annual Exhibition[21]
- April 1933 - Art Rebel Centre Exhibition[22]
- December 1933 - January 1934, First Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[23]
- December 1934 - January 1935, Second Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[24]
- December 1936 - January 1937, Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata[25]
- December 1940, Exhibition of the Society of Modern Arts[26]
- December 1946, Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition by the Students and ex-Students of the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata[27]
- January 1948, Indian Exhibition in Singapore[28]
- April 1950, Exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures by the members of the Calcutta Group and the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group[29]
References
- ↑ Art Heritage Season 1983 - 84{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Art Heritage(1984)
- ↑ Art Critic. Amazon.
- ↑ A Mumbai NFT auction looks back at Gobardhan Ash's prolific oeuvre. Architectural Digest(13 January 2022).
- ↑ The power of ideas in art.
- ↑ Art Heritage Season 1983 - 84{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Art Heritage(1984)
- ↑ Artist.
- ↑ Gobardhan Ash Employment.
- ↑ Indian Art School Prospectus, 1955.
- ↑ Ranjit Hoskote on Gobardhan Ash. Facebook.
- ↑ AstaGuru - Gobardhan Ash Profile.
- ↑ [{{{url}}} A lifetime on canvas](28 August 1993).
- ↑ Young Artists Student Union(30 November 2021).
- ↑ Rebel Artists Center.
- ↑ The Reception of Modern European Art in Calcutta: a Complex Negotiation (1910s-1940s). Academia.edu({Template:Date).
- ↑ Kolkata art gallery, Aakriti, celebrates famed Bengal artist Gobardhan Ash's 105th anniversary, Nag, Ashoke. Economic Times.
- ↑ Award From the Academy of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Abanindra Puraskar for Gobardhan Ash. Delhi Art Gallery. DAG.
- ↑ SaffronArt - Gobardhan Ash Awards.
- ↑ AIFACS AWARD 1988.
- ↑ Award from Art Heritage.
- ↑ Calcutta University Institute Art Exhibition, Calcutta University.
- ↑ Art Rebel Center.
- ↑ First Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Second Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Society of Modern Art Exhibition.
- ↑ Twenty Third Annual Exhibition by the Students and ex-Students of the Government College of Art.
- ↑ Catalogue of Indian Exhibition in Singapore.
- ↑ Exhibition of the Calcutta Group and the Bombay Progressives.