The Life and Works of
Famous Lithography Artist.
Mr. Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
Submitted By-
Vishvesh Singh
Class- 7E
Personal Number- 18871
Subject- Art
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special
thanks to my teacher [Link] Raju
Ranjan as well as our principal Mr.
Carlyle McFarland and our vice
principal Mr. Peter Collins who gave
me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic of
The Life and Works of
Famous Lithography Artist
which also helped me in doing a lot
of research and I came to know about
so many new things I am really
thankful to them.
Vishvesh Singh
Early life
Born in 1915 in Naihati in present-day North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, Chittaprosad became
radicalized as a student of the Chittagong Government College in the mid-1930s. He joined the grassroots
movement to resist both colonial oppression by the British, and also the feudal oppression of the landed
Indian gentry. Chittaprosad rejected the classicism of the Bengal School and its spiritual preoccupations.
Career
Chittraprosad’s most creative years began in the 1930s. He satirized and sharply criticized the
feudal and colonial systems in quickly drawn but masterful pen and ink sketches. The
artist/reformer was also proficient at creating linocuts and woodcuts with obvious
propagandistic intent. Since these cheaply made prints were created for the masses rather
than the art gallery, they were seldom signed or numbered. With time they took on value as
art, and today are prized by
collectors.
Achievements
Chittaprosad settled more permanently in Bombay from 1946 onward. The transformations
that the Communist Party took between 1948 and 1949, caused the artist to disassociate
himself, though he continued to pursue political themes in his art to the end of his life. In the
years before his death, Chittaprosad devoted more and more time to the world peace
movement,[clarification needed] and various efforts to help impoverished children.[5]
He is represented in the National Museum in Prague, The National Gallery of Modern Art in
New Delhi, Osians Art Archive in Mumbai, and the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection in
Dubai.[
Most Famous works
is recognized as being one of the most important Indian artists of his generation.
Documenting the effects of Colonialism and the anguish of the 1943 Bengal
famine, he helped draw international attention to the country’s battle for
independence from the British. However, in the world of art, his work never
received much institutional or critical recognition outside of his home country.
Now, four decades after his death in 1978, that’s starting to change.
Chittaprosad’s work is garnering attention on the international stage, most
notably last year when his sketches were included in documenta 14 in Kassel.
Replicating the art work of Mr.
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