Gopal Ghose
Born1913
Education
1956-72 Joined as teaching staff, Government College of Art and Craft (GCAC), Kolkata
1945 Taught Architecture Drawing, Faculty of Bengal Engineering College, Shivpur.
1940-45 Taught at Indian Society of Oriental Art (ISOA), Kolkata
1935-38 Diploma in Sculpture & was student of D P Roychowdhury, Government College of Art and Craft (GCAC), Chennai.
Became Art Teacher in BT Dept. of Scottish Church College, Kolkata.
1931-35 Diploma in Painting, Maharaja School of Arts & Crafts, Jaipur.
Studied at Anglo-Bengali College, Allahabad.
Exhibitions
2013 'A Jubilant Quest for the...
Selected Posthumous exhibitions
2013 'A Jubilant Quest for the Chromatic', presented by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Akar Prakar, Kolkata at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2012-13 'Gopal Ghose: A Jubilant Quest for the Chromatic', Birth Centenary Exhibition presented by National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi; Ministry of Culture, Government of India and Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Celebration 2010', Annual Exhibition, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin', Emile Lowe Gallery, Hempstead
2005 ‘Manifestations III’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai & New Delhi.
2004 ‘Manifestations II’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai & New Delhi.
2003 ‘Manifestations’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai & New Delhi.
1997 On 50th anniversary of Indian Independence, The Pre-¬Independence Years, Birla Academy of Art and Culture (BAAC), Kolkata
1995 ‘Retrospective’, Private Residence, Kolkata
1995 Birla Academy of Art and Culture (BAAC), Kolkata
1987 ‘Retrospective’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1986,87 ‘Retrospective’, Art Heritage, New Delhi.
1986 ‘Trends in Bengal Art’, Commonwealth Institute, London.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1980 Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester.
1952 First Solo Exhibition, No. 1 Chowringhee Terrace, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
1947 All India Fine Art and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
1940-47, Birla Academy of Art and Culture (BAAC), Kolkata
1931 London.
Participations
1979, 80 ‘Art of Bengal: Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India’, White Chapel Art Gallery, London.
1950 ‘Calcutta Group & Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, No. 1 Chowringee Terrace, Kolkata
Honours and Awards
1943 Founder member, Calcutta Group, Kolkata.
Joint Secretary, Academy of Fine Arts (AFA), Kolkata.
Traveled widely in Europe & America.
