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Sankho Chaudhuri was an Indian sculptor, a noted figure in the art scene of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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(Although christened Naranarain http://books.google.co.in/books?id=jn_GG55gKm8C&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303&dq=Naranarain+chaudhuri&source=bl&ots=8FMFeVL7dk&sig=jChdmPSlostWQe2sDM_2AjnimWA&hl=en&ei=_eDmSpSJN4-PkQXukOTBBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Naranarain%20chaudhuri&f=false in due family tradition, he was more widely known by his pet-name Sankho)

Ram Kinker Baij was his teacher. He began close to cubism

Cubism

Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...

and then was influenced by István Beöthy

István Beöthy

István Beöthy was a Hungarian sculptor and architect who mainly lived and worked in France.-Biography:After the First World War, in which he served, Beöthy began to study architecture in Budapest. There he was in contact with the avant-garde poet and painter Lajos Kassák, who familiarized him...

, whom he had met in Paris

Paris

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. His themes have included the female figure and wildlife. He was worked in a wide range of media, and hasproduced both large-scale relief

Relief

Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s and mobile

Mobile (sculpture)

A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal...

Education

1916 : Born, Santhal Purganas, Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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1939 : Bachelor of Art, Santiniketan

Santiniketan

Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata . It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year...

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1945 : Diploma in Fine Art with Distinction in Sculpture, from Kala - Bhavan, Santiniketan.

1945 : Went to Nepal

Nepal

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to assist Ramkinkar to execute War Memorial.

1945 : Studied Nepalese System of Metal Casting.

1949 : Study tour of Europe. Worked in Paris and England, Visited Art Centers of Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland.

Nominations and appointments

1949-57 : Reader & Head, Dept. of Sculpture, MS University of Baroda.

1952 : First Hony. Joint Secretary – Indian Sculptors Association, Bombay.

1956 : Member, Lalit Kala Akademi.

1957-70 : Professor & Head, Dept. of Sculpture, MS University of Baroda.

1966-68 : Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.

1974 : Honorary Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi

Lalit Kala Akademi

The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art is India's National Academy of Arts. It was an autonomous organization, established at New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, both within and outside the country...

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1976 : Visiting Professor, B.H.U.

1977-78 : Visiting Fellow, Visva-Bharati University

Visva-Bharati University

Visva Bharati University is a Central University for research and teaching in India, located in the twin towns of Santiniketan and Sriniketan in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India...

, Santiniketan.

1980 : Professor of Fine Arts, University of Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

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, Tanzania

Tanzania

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1984-89 :

Full-time Member, Delhi Urban Art Commission.
Member, All India Handicrafts Board,
Member International Jury,- 5th Triennale-India,
Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi.

1987 : President, Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya...

Major awards

1956 : National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi.

1971 : Padmashri by President of India.

1974 : D.Litt (Honoris Casua) by the Centre Escolar University, Philippines

Philippines

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1979 : Aban-Gagan Award from Visva-Bharati University

Visva-Bharati University

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1982 : Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi.

1997 : Honorary Doctorate from Rabindra Bharati University.

1998 : Desikottama (Honorary Doctorate) by Viswa Bharati University.

2000-02 : Kali Das Samman.

2002 : Aditya Birla Kala Shikhar Puraskar.

2004 : “Lalit Kala Ratna” Honoured by Lalit Kala Akademi.

2004 : “Lifetime achievement Award” Legend of India.

Participation and organisations

1961 : Represented India at International Symposium of Sculptors in 1962 Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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1963 : Organised Lalit Kala Akademi’s Sculptors Camp at Makrana.

1964 : Lecture tour to Poland

Poland

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; Toured to Russia

Russia

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as a guest of the Artists Union.

1969 : Organised “Folk and Tribal Images of India” exhibited for Lalit Kala Akademi.

1972 : Organised Rural India Complex, on behalf of All India Handicrafts Board.

1974 : Participated in the 1st Biennale of Arab Artists.

1976 : Participated in Seminar on Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

, Darlington

Darlington

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, England

England

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1976-77 : Organised Artists’ Studios at Garhi for Lalit Kala Akademi.

1982 : Participated in Seminar organized by the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

, Organised an exhibition of Books at Festival of India.

1983 : Invited to Baghdad

Baghdad

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in International Art Festival- served as a Member of Jury.

1985 : Represented India at UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

, Paris Conference on preservation - of Folk Lore Tradition.

1985 : Visited Bucharest

Bucharest

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– Village Museum.

1982 : Represented India at the International Conference, sponsored by UNESCO, Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

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1986 : Visited Ethnographic Museum at Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

and open – Air Museum at Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark.

1988 : Visited Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, as visiting Fellow and toured to Indonesia.

1989 : Led a delegation to China

China

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at the invitation of the Chinese Peoples – Society for Friendship with Foreign Country.

Major exhibitions

1946 : 1st One-man show, Bombay.

1954 : Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, National Gallery of Modern Art.

1957 : One-man show in New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

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1969 : One-man show in Bombay.

1971 : Retrospective show: National Gallery of Modern Art.

1979 : Joint Exhibition with Ira Chaudhuri, Bombay.

1987 : One-man show, New Delhi

1987 : One-man show, of Sketches and drawing, Calcutta.

1991 : One-man show, Calcutta.

1992 : One-man show at LTG Gallery, New Delhi.

1995 : One –man show, Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay.

2004 : One-man show at Baroda, Organised by Sarjan Art Gallery.

Commissions

1957 : Executed Sculpture- “Music” for All India Radio, N. Delhi.

1958 : Mural, Baroda University and Alembic Chemical Ltd.

1964 : Installed 12, Bronze Statue of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

, now in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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1967-68 : 12’Stainless Steel Rotating Sculpture for Jyoti Ltd; Baroda

1976 : 5’ Brass Sculpture for World Bank, commissioned by Govt. of India.

1986 : Executed 5’ Bronze Sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi for Copenhagen.

1987 : Executed 5’ Marble Sculpture for UNICEF, New Delhi

1987 : Executed approximate 4’.6” Marble Sculpture for Habitat, Nairobi

Nairobi

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