| Tapan Kar |
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Born in West Bengal, India. 1954
Married. Proud parent.
Graduated from Govt Art College, Calcutta. Held 10 Solo shows and participated in 24 group shows.
Spend Childhood and and lives at present in Village area of Bengal. Inspired by poet R.N. Tagore.
Works at home in studio Calcutta and Kulgachia both.
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| About the Artist |
I like to paint womens life and Nature. My best medium is Tempera. I also like Oil on canvas and Water color on Paper. |
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QUEST
2005 28cm X 23cm |
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PRASADHAN
2006 18cm X 25cm |
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THE WIND
2005 28cm X 23cm |
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Bastra Haran
1990 18cm X 25cm |
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Hair Dressing
2003 90cm X 120cm |
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MOM
2003 85cm X 115cm |
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Kitchen
2003 90cm X 120cm |
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SPRING - I
1995 Watercolour on paper 38cm X 55cm |
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Fish Market
2006 oil on canvas 120cm x135cm |
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A whole seller of fish market is provoking a women retaile seller to choice his fishes, in a wholesale fish market. |
AGE SIXTEEN
2004 Tempera on Ivory Board 55x70 |
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Girl aged about Sixteen years. She get youth and glamor of fresh beauty. |
SHE-I
2008 Tempera on Ivory Board 55x70 cms |
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Woman with a divine power. She will blossom like a Lotus. |
VILLAGE GIRL
2003 Oil on canvas 41x51 cm |
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Village girl showing innocent sight, and her asset is well shaped curled hair. |
GIRL WITH A PITCHER
2003 Tempera 55x70 cms |
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A village girl going to collect water from a pond with an earthen pot. |
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| Education and biography |
Graduated from Govt. College of Art & Crafts, Calcutta (India) in 1975.
MA (Bengali) from University of Calcutta in 1978
Certified by CCRT, New Delhi
Author of several books and essays
Editor of a book and a Little Magazine
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Exhibitions:
2005 All India Annual Exhibition of Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
2005 Annual Exhibition of W.B. Govt. School Teachers Association at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2004 Exhibition of Paintings with Ramakrishna Vedala at Prakrit Art Gallery, R.A. Puram, Chennai
2004 Exhibition of Paintings at Nabadweep Town Library, Nabadweep, West Bengal
2004 Annual Exhibition of Avantika, at Ashutosh Gallery of Indian Museum, Kolkata
2003 Exhibition of Paintings at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi
2002 Exhibition of Water Colour Paintings at Gaganendra Pradarshasala, Kolkata
2002 All India Annual Exhibition of Birla Academy of Arts & Culture, Kolkata
2002 Inaugural Exhibition of Metropolitan Art Salon, Kolkata
2001 Exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2000 Exhibition of Paintings Sculptures with Nilima Kar at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2000 Exhibition 2000 of Abstract-Lion, Kolkata
1997 Exhibition of Paintings on Sree Chaitanya at Gallery CB56, Salt Lake, Kolkata
1995 Exhibition of Terracotta Sculptures at Khadi Pratisthan College Street, Kolkata
1992 Exhibition of Paintings at Gallery CB56, Kolkata with Swetapadma and Pradip
1991 Exhibition of Terracotta Sculptures at Gallery CB56, Salt Lake, Kolkata
1987 Exhibition of Paintings at Academy of FineArts, Kolkata
1985 State Fine Art Exhibition 85 by Deptt. of I & CA, Govt. of West Bengal
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INSTALATION:
1996 Swagata (Ht. 16ft), Cement Concrete Sculpture, at PNB Rotary, Salt Lake, Kolkata
1995 Mother (Ht. 8ft), Cement Concrete Sculpture, at SOS Village, Salt Lake, Kolkata
1989 Bas-relief Mural ‘Baul’ and ‘Radha’ 9ft x 5ft each at CB56, Salt Lake, Kolkata
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| Future shows |
| Exhibition of Paintings at the Gallery Karma, Calcutta in 2009 |
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Website: www.tapankar.com |
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