Sojourns of a Painter: Shyamal Dutta Ray and His Times - Softcover

Mrinal Ghosh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8185822867 ISBN 13: 9788185822860

Publisher: Mapin Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

The imagery in Ray s paintings come from his personal experiences. It is this visual world and its impact that are revealed in his work, with his city of Calcutta and his early days in a village in Bangladesh as major themes. While water-colours have never been regarded as a major medium of painting, for Ray they have immense possibilities through which he expresses his delicate and finer feelings. Born in Bihar, India, Ray trained at the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Calcutta and has been exhibiting since 1962 in solo and group shows across the world. He is the winner of many awards and his works are in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Akademi , New Delhi; Birla Academy, Calcutta; Pratt Graphic Centre, New York; Shilpa Kala Academy, Dhaka; Chittagong University Museum, Chittagong; Museum of Modern Art, Boghada; and H.K Kejriwal Collection, Bangalore.

About this title

About the Author:

Mrinal Ghosh is a Kolkata-based writer on the arts and a regular columnist and freelance art-critic in Ananda Bazar Patrika. His research on modern Indian painting and sculpture, specially the paintings of Ganesh Pyne, has been well acclaimed by art lovers. He has published many books.

Review:

"Shyamal Dutta Ray represents a lovable synthesis of a radical spirit coming to terms with the richness of life all around him. -- Swapan Mullick, The Statesman"

About this edition

• Publisher: Mapin Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 8185822867
• ISBN 13: 9788185822860
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108