Sakti Burman was born in Calcutta in 1935. He studied art in Calcutta and Paris. From the mid-50s, he has been living in Paris. Burman graduated from the Calcutta College of Art and Crafts in 1956. He studied at L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, visiting Italy frequently and becoming inspired by the frescoes and paintings of the Renaissance period. Over the years, he has had exhibitions in London, Iran, Moscow, Leningrad, Belfast and Yokohama. Sakti Burman continues to live and work in Paris.
Burman's images are steeped in romanticism and fantasy. Europe and India are fused in his imagination. "I dream a lot. I create figures in my dreams," says Burman.
Paintings of Sakti Burman
Biography of Wasim Kapoor
Wasim Kapoor is an artist possessed by the dark emotions of pain, suppression, suffering and loneliness.He says, "Ninety per cent of my work is about the suffering of women and their problems."
Born in 1951, Wasim Kapoor has always been a central figure on the Indian art scene.
Kapoor has been exhibiting his works in solo and group shows for more than thirty years now, and seems to have achieved more in this time than most artists do in their entire careers. He has contributed proceeds from some of his sales towards a leprosy centre and even taken part in the Picasso centenary exhibition by Calcutta painters in 1981. Showings of his works have been held all over the world, and he has been the recipient of the National Award on more than one occasion.
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Biography of Ganesh Pyne
Ganesh Pyne was born in Calcutta in 1937. A shy introverted child, Pyne began sketching and doodling right from his childhood. After finishing school, he joined the Government College of Art & Craft in Calcutta. In 1959, he received his diploma in drawing and painting.Surprisingly he held his first solo exhibition as late as 1988 at The Village Gallery, New Delhi.
From water colour, Pyne turned to gouache and then tempera since the mid-'60s. It is from this time onwards that his figuration and palette also changed. A skeletal element was introduced into the figures while animal showed their fangs and claws. They were portrayed either as predators or victims. Dark shadows dominated his canvases offset with the use of a golden umber.
Along with six solo exhibitions in Calcutta, Kochi and New Delhi, he has been invited to the ‘World Youth Festival’, Prague-1968; Indian International Triennial, New Delhi-1968 & 71; Paris Biennial, Paris-1970; Exhibition in aid of Menuhin School of Music, Royal Academy of Arts, London-1970; International Festival of Art, Cagnes-sur-Mer-1975; ‘Modern Indian Painting’, Hirschhorn Museum, Washington DC-1982; ‘Contemporary Indian Art’, Festival of India, Royal Academy of Arts, London-1982; ‘Indische Kunst Heute’, Darmdstadt, Germany-1982 & 86; ‘Trends and Images’, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta-1993; ‘Chamatkar - Myth and Magic in Indian Art’, curated by CIMA Gallery, Whiteleys Art Gallery, London-1996; ‘Tryst with Destiny - Art from Modern India’, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore-1997; ‘Image beyond Image’ traveling exhibition of Indian paintings from the Glenbarra Art Museum, Himeji, Japan to New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangalore and Bombay-1997.
Ganesh Pyne has rarely moved out of his private world of Calcutta.He says,"I was born and brought up in Calcutta. I had to accept the city as it was."
Paintings of Ganesh Pyne
