Artist Name:
Paritosh Sen

Reference Number:
26

Born in 1918 in Dacca, Bangladesh.

EDUCATION

• 1936-1940 Government College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai
• 1949-1954 Andre Lhote's School, Academy Grand Chaumier, Ecole des Beaux Arts & Ecole de Louvre (History of Painting), Paris

Solo Exhibitions

Since 1950 in India and abroad

Group Exhibitions

• 1961 Tyeb Mehta, London
• 1966 The Commonwealth Arts Festival, Sal Paulo Biennale & Asahi Shimbun Exhibition of Art, Tokyo
• 1972 Four Indian Painters, Pittsburgh, USA
• 1986 Second Biennale, Cuba
• 1994 Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, organized by Sarala's Art International

Participations

• 1942-1943 Founder member, Calcutta Group
• 1954-1955 Taught art at The Daly College, Indore and at Neterhat Vidyalaya, Bihar
• 1956-1979 Staff member, Regional Institue of Printing design and layout
• 1961 Invited to Commonwealth Arts, Festival
• 1962-1963 French Government Scholarship
• 1979 Indo-Soviet Friendship Association, Moscow
• 1983, 1984 & 1987 Artist in residence, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

AWARDS

• 1969-1970 French Fellowship to continue with designing typeface
• 1970-1791 John D. Rockefeller III Grant
• 1981-1982 Indo-US Sub-commission on Culture and Education, Visiting Professor, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore
• 1985 Asian Paints Award
• 1986 Portfolio, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
• 1989 Abanindra Purahkar, Government of West Bengal
• 1991 conferred "Doctor of Literature" honoris causa by University of Burdwan, West Bengal
• 1995 West Bengal State Lalit Kala Academy of Art, Prize for Achievement in Art
• 1996 Kalida Nag Award
• 1997 The English Speaking Union Outstanding Citizen Award
• 1998 Hirachand dugar Award Rabindra Bharati University, Bijoya Chakraborty Smriti Puraskar
• 1999 Aban, Gagan Puraskar conferred by Visva Bharati University