Born
1930
Died
1966
Education
1949-54 Diploma in Fine Arts, Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata
Diploma in Sculpture, Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013 'The Naked and the Nude:...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Retrospective of Calcutta Painters dedicated To Nikhil Biswas, Kolkata.
2005 ‘Manifestations III’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and New Delhi.
2004 ‘Manifestations II’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and New Delhi.
2003 ‘Manifestations’, organized by Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and New Delhi.
1990 ‘Drawings’, organized by Art Heritage at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.*
Art Heritage, New Delhi.
1989 ‘Retrospective’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1988 ‘Retrospective’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1986 Group Exhibition, Commonwealth Institute, London.
1978 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1977 ‘Retrospective’, Academy of Fine arts, Kolkata
1975 Exhibition organized by Nikhil Biswas Memorial Committee at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1968 A Posthumous Exhibition of his paintings, Buffalo, New York.
1967 ‘Retrospective (Selection from 1950-66)’, organized by Smt Bina Biswas, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1967 ‘Retrospective’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1966-67 Drawings & Rolling Pictures from India, organized by Ministry of the German Democratic Republic, German-South East Asian Society in the German Democratic Republic, Association of Painters and Sculptors of German, organized in Dresden, Halle, Madgeburg and then it travelled around other cities like Berlin and Munich in Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1959,60,61,62,65 Solo Exhibitions in Kolkata
1954 First Solo Show in Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
1965 New Delhi.
1964 1964 Eight Painters from Calcutta, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi.
1963 Kolkata.
1962 Exhibition of his Paintings, Art and Prints Gallery, Kolkata
1954,55.56.60 Mumbai.
Honours and Awards
1956 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, honored him with a Gold Medal for being...
1956 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, honored him with a Gold Medal for being the Best Exhibit in Modern Art.
Founder of Calcutta Group of Painters & Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata
Founder Member, The Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata
Founder Member, Chitrangshu Group, Kolkata
Illustrator' in Bengali News Weeklies, 'Darpan' and 'Janasebak Saptahik'.
One of Nikhil Biswas' diaries has crystallized into a book titled 'Nari Purush' (Man and Woman).
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