BEGINNINGS
He was born in Calcutta, West Bengal.
1938 While painting on the Madras beach, caught the attention of Rajgopalachari, who offered to send him abroad, but the college authority did not agree.
1943 One of the founders of Calcutta Group, Calcutta.
Joint Secretary, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
Travelled widely in Europe and America.
EDUCATION
Studied at Anglo-Bengali College, Allahbad. 1931-35 Diploma in Painting, Maharaja School of Arts and Crafts, Jaipur.1935-38 Diploma in Sculpture and was the student of D.P. Roychowdhury, Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Madras.
EXHIBITIONS
1931 Exhb. in London.Solo Exhb. in Bombay, New Delhi and Calcutta.1940-47 Exhb., organised at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.1947 Exhb., AIFACS, New Delhi.1952 First solo exhb., No. 1 Chowringhee Terrace, Calcutta.1979, 80 Art of Bengal - Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India, White Chapel Art Gallery, London.Exhb., Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester.1987 Exhb., Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Calcutta. 1995 Exhb., Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.1997 On 50th Anniversary of Indian Independence, Gopal Ghose, The Pre-Independence Years, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta. 2003 Manifestations, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.2005 Manifestations III, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
COLLECTION
Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Mukand and Neerja Lath, Jaipur.Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai.Osian?s ? Archive and Library, India. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
STYLE
The indigenous Orientalism of the Bengal School was on its wane when Gopal Ghose appeared on the Indian art scene. He retained his love for open nature. Although rooted in the findings of the European Expressionism, he re-interpreted the `art of landscape painting` as practiced by the Bengal School. He handled watercolour, tempera and pastel with an effortlessness that amazed the connoisseurs of his time.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Became Art Teacher in the B.T. Deptt. of Scottish Church College, Calcutta.
1940-45 Taught at Indian Society of Oriental, Calcutta.
1945 Taught architecture drawing, Faculty of the Bengal Engineering College, Shivpur.
1950-72 Joined as teaching staff, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.
