Biography
editEarly life
editBorn in Jamshedpur (Tata Nagar, Jharkhand, India) in year 1942. Later he completed his further studies in painting from Shantiniketan Kala Bhavan Biswa Bharati in 1964.
Career
editGroup shows [1967-2007] Nehru Centre (London 2007); Maisonde 1’ Inde, Salle Indira Gandhi (Paris 2006); Indian Habitat Centre (New Delhi); Salon Exposition (South Korea); Academy of Fine Arts, (Kolkata); Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai), participated all group shows by Painters’ Orchestra in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shantiniketan and Kolkata. Solo shows [1967-2007] Chitrakut Art Gallery, Samokal Art Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, Birla Academy, Gallery Hansmania (Norway in 2005) and Club Bangladesh (Sweden in 2005) etc.
Influences & Impact
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Being the student of Late Nandalal Bose and Ramkinkar Baij he has a major influence by these two eminent legends in his works. He is mainly inspired by another art icon of bengal late Binod Behari Mukherjee. Invited as a member of Millennium committee to organize exhibition and workshop under Biswa Banga Sammelan in 1999. Participated in many places like KalaMela organized by Lalit Kala Academy, Democratic Painters and Writers Association etc. Presently Vice President at Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata. Bengali Magazine “Shatak Ekush” honored Jahar Dasgupta by publishing the magazine on his works. Film Director Mr. Sandip Roy made a documentary film “Bornomoy Jahar” on his art works. Eminent poet Late Shakti Chatterjee wrote poem on his sketch on the releasing of a book “Poem on Paintings” in the Silver Jubilee of Painters’ Orchestra, 1994.
Glamour of his art
editJahar Dasgupta, born in 1st June, 1942 in the city Jamshedpur (Bihar), a veteran artist from Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan, is well known among the artists of his age and to the critic for his stylized and figurative work. He is one of the most prominent figures in the Indian Art Industry. His figuration is full of graceful rhythm. Strongly inclined towards the traditional Indian decorative values, he tends to combine image of flora & fauna that excite the optic nerves. In his work he is not only independent; he is in search of an idiom which is individualistic. Certainly his painting portrays this and that, this and another story, which momentarily confuse the sight. But on closer scrutiny the experience is totally different.
Jahar, on the other hand wants art to spread wings, to percolate into the lives of ordinary people. Jahar normally works in colors. His art is two dimensional in form and linear in content. The use of colour is bright, the texture is compact and the work is reliant on surroundings. The thematic juxta position of ideas and novel approach. In his work there is a fusion of a modern mind and style with an independent streak. In his respect towards the traditional art form there is a richness of self realization. He empathizes with man and the society, colors and forms creation and commitment. Jahar Dasgupta is known for his ability to successfully marry traditional imagery with the zeitgeist of contemporary painting, in a skillful blend of an tribal culture and their influence in society. Some paintings highlights that women are the integral part of his paintings and nature is closest to him. He is rebel in his own world, challenging the barriers imposed by traditional ideas as well as contemporary theories.
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