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MANIKLAL BANERJEE
23/12/1916 - 2002

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BEGINNINGS

He was born in Borisal, Bangladesh. 1984 Member of Selection and Judging Committee, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta. 1991 Member of Selection and Judging Committee, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. 1991 Member of Selection and Judging Committee, Rajya Charukala, Calcutta.

EDUCATION

1932-37 Graduated from Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

EXHIBITIONS

1997 Exhb., Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.

Fifty solo and group shows in India and abroad.

2003 Manifestations, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

COLLECTION

Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata.

Ramakrishna Mission, Gol Park, Kolkata.

Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Maharaja Pradyot Kumar Tagore.

Royal Family, Burdwan.

Hamilton & Co.

Smt. A. Birla.

Rotary Club, London.

Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, New Delhi.

Managing Director, Indian Oxygen.

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

1939 Awarded the First Govt. Scholarship for further studies.

1999 Received `Abanindra Puraskar`.

Documentary film made on him, Doordarshan Kendra, Inforamtion Centre, Govt. of West Bengal.

STYLE

Maniklal Banerjee was an eminent water colourist. He is well-known for his paintings on silk, and he was specialised in imparting a silky feel to his paintings. He was mainly inspired by tradition, the rural life of Bengal, nature, Indian ideologies, philosophical aspects, Tantric and Vedic themes. Harmony of colours, compositions and sensitivity were the most fascinating features of his artistic creations. His control of colours and lines made him a perfectionist in his own style.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1939-77 Lecturer, Deptt. of Indian Art, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. 1979 Visiting Professor at IKS Viswavidyalaya, Kairagarh, Madhya Pradesh.