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Somnath Hore
(
Indian
, 1921–2006)
Somnath Hore
UNTITLED RUST SERIES 18 (DEJECTED MAN),
1982
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1921
Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh
1954 - 1958
Lecturer, Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship, Kolkata
1957
Diploma in Fine Arts, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, India
1958 - 1967
Senior Lecturer and Head of Graphic Arts Faculty, Delhi Polytecnic of Art, New Delhi
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Fine Art, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
1960
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1962
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1963
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1966
Visiting Professor in Graphic Arts Faculty, Faculty of Fine Art, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1968 - 1969
Visiting Professor, Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan
1969
Head of Graphic Arts Department, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
1977
L.N. Gupta Memorial Award
1979
Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata
Elected Member of the General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, as an eminent artist, New Delhi
1984
Professor Emeritus, Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan
2006
Died in Santiniketan, West Bengal
2007
Padma Bhushana by Government of India
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Exhibitions
2012
Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011
Manifestations VI, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Bodies That Matter......, Art Heritage, New Delhi
Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters, The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata
2010
A Retrospective of Prints by Somnath Hore, Project 88, Mumbai
Vahana, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009
Modern Continuous, Galerie 88, Kolkata
Wound, Aicon Gallery, London
2008
Moderns, Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, Kolkata
Freedom 2008 – Sixty Years of Indian Independence, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Life and Art of Somnath Hore, Project 88, Mumbai
2007
Agony & Ecstasy: Bronzes by Somnath Hore, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2004
Manifestations II, organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003
Manifestations, organized by Delhi Art Gallery at World Trade Centre, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1999
Anguish Absorbed, The Window, Mumbai
1996
Contemporary Indian Paintings from the Chester and Davida Hertwitz Collection Part II, USA.
1995
Bronzes, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata
1993
Wounds, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) Gallery, Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1992
Wounds, Somnath Hore’s Bronzes, Drawings and Prints, organized by Seagull, Kolkata at Sukh Sagar, Kolkata
1991
Kolkata
National Exposition of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1988
Sculptures and Sketches, organized by Kala Yatra at Sistas Art Gallery, Bangalore
1986
Visions, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1973
Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi
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Public Collections
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Bahai Museum, Bahai
Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
Various Private Collections in India and abroad
