Prodosh das gupta biography

Prodosh Das Gupta (1912 - 1991) .
Prodosh Dasgupta (January 10, 1912 – July 29, 1991) was a prominent Indian Bengali sculptor of the 1940s.
Born in Dacca (now Dhaka) in present-day Bangladesh, he studied sculpture under Hiranmoy Roy Chowdhary at the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts (1932-33).

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Prodosh Dasgupta (1912-1991)

Prodosh Dasgupta was a crucial figure of that mid-20th generation of artists in Bengal who giving shape to vocabulary of modernism in Indian art. His role was particularly important in defining a distinct place for modernism in Indian sculpture, in advocating the concept of form as an independent identity in sculpture, and in pioneering a style of semi-abstract three-dimensional figuration.

His legacy has influenced generations of sculptors and his trademark style continues to hold high significance for art historians, connoisseurs, collectors.

Prodosh Dasgupta was born at Barakar in Dhaka. He graduated from Calcutta University in 1932 and then studied sculpture at Lucknow School of Art and Crafts the same year. Then, from 1933 to 1937, he trained under Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and earned his diploma in sculpture from that institution. He was awarded a fellowship from Calcutta University that paid for his travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Academie de la

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Prodosh Dasgupta

Prodosh Dasgupta was born in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) in 1912. He graduated from Calcutta University before going to learn sculpture at the Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, and the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts.He further studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts and LCC Central School, London, and the Ecole de Grand Chaumier, Paris.

On his return to India in 1940, he set up his studio in Calcutta. He also founded the Calcutta Group with artists Rathin Mitra, Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Hemant Mishra and Gopal Ghose, which held its first exhibition in 1943. The group was founded to break away from the formal styles taught in Indian art institutions, and move towards a more global aesthetic. Stemming from his belief that contemporary Indian sculpture did not stem from any definite root, Dasgupta searched for a sculptural form which expressed contemporary ideas yet creating a form to express the pressure of energy oozing out. Dasgupta undoubtedly achieved the fluid rhythm in his sculptures that reflected Western influences along with tradi

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Born in Dhaka, (now Bangladesh), in 1912, Prodosh graduated from Calcutta University in 1932. He studied sculpture at the Lucknow School of Arts and Crafts, 1932-33, and received Diploma in Sculpture, Government School of Art and Craft, Chennai, 1934-37. Between 1937-39, he studied sculpture at Royal Academy of Arts, London, and at the Ecole de Grande Chaumiere, Paris; and studied bronze casting at LCC Central School, London.

He also worked as a freelance sculptor, and in 1943 organised and founded the Calcutta Group of painters and sculptors. In 1950, he was appointed as the Reader and Head of Dept. of Sculpture at M. S. University, Baroda. In 1951, he was appointed Professor of Sculpture, Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta. In 1955, he was elected as fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. In 1957, he joined National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi as the Director. Between 1957-70, he served at the Lalit Kala Akademi in its General Council and Executive Board.

In 1960, Prodosh was elected president of the Third International Association of Arts (UNESCO)