Jahar Dasgupta

Born in Jamshedpur, 1942

Education:

Diploma, Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan, West Bengal

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 – Samokal Art Gallery, Kolkata
2006 – Chitrakut Art Gallery, Kolkata
2005 – Lalit Kala Academy, Hyderabad
2004 – Lions Club, Siliguri
2004 – Laxmana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2004 – Gallery Hansmania, Oslo, Norway
2004 – Gallery Club Bangladesh, Stockholm, Sweden
1990 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1980 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

Group Exhibitions:

2008 – Elements Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 – Chemould Art Gallery, Kolkata
2006 – Nehru Center, London
2006 – Maison de 1’ Inde, Salle Indira Gandhi, Paris
2006 – Lokayata Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 - Mulk Raj Anand Centre, New Delhi
2006 – Coomarswamy Hall, the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai
2003 – Nehru Center, Mumbai
2001 – Gallery Wooduck, Prague Congress Center, Soki, South Korea
2000 – Gallery Wooduck, Prague Congress Center, Soki, South Korea
1999 – Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1980 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1975 – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai

Comments:

Nature as with many artists is the inspiration behind his art. Women form an integral part of nature. His use of color is as forthright and bright as is seen in nature. The striking feature of his paintings is a dreamy and soft feel, in total empathy with the subjects of his drawing. The artist in Jahar Dasgupta is not isolated from the world around him. The human angst agitates and stirs his senses. He searches for a way out through his paintings