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B. N. Arya
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Badri Nath Arya, widely known in contemporary art world as B.N. Arya, is Perhaps the last exponent of the watercolour wash technique and imagery of the Neo-Bengal School in North India. Born in a Prosperous family of business in Peshawar, he showed deep interest in fine art even in his early childhood.
After the partition, his family moved into India through the holocaust of communal riots and settled in Lucknow. During 1956- 57 he...
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Badri Nath Arya, widely known in contemporary art world as B.N. Arya, is Perhaps the last exponent of the watercolour wash technique and imagery of the Neo-Bengal School in North India. Born in a Prosperous family of business in Peshawar, he showed deep interest in fine art even in his early childhood.
After the partition, his family moved into India through the holocaust of communal riots and settled in Lucknow. During 1956- 57 he did his postgraduate in Fine Art at the college of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow; and the painting tradition of the Nei- Bengal School, taught by Asit Kumar Haldar, was passed on to him through his teacher, Lalit Mohan Sen and Bireswar Sen. He was also inspired by his senior college mate C.D. Sharma.
If we go through his paintings, mostly done in double elephant size papers, we will notice that it was only the epic- puranic and Kavya themes that drew his attention, but also the life of the poor and common working people. And the figuration in the paintings of the latter kind, though depicted in wash technique, realistic and not rhythmically stylized. He is also a skilful painter in European academic style and technique. Besides, his art has transcended the stock imagery of the school and explored semi-abstract or purely abstract imagery in which he often expressed the shadow of death and decay. From 1959 to 1991, he won 13 awards at important all-India exhibitions, and the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, honored him with the National Award in 1991.
Badri Nath was commissioned to paint in his inimitable style themes from the mahabharata (1967), Rubaiyati - I - Omar Khayyam (1974) and the Git Govind of Jayadev (1975). He executed the murals for the U.P. Pavillion at the Agro Expo, New Delhi in 1977 and 1980. He Participated in the 15th International Exhibition, Tokyo, 1987, and Second International Asian-European Art Biennale, Ankara, Turkey, in 1988. He heads the Department of fine Art, Lucknow Art College.
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Born
1936
Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
Education
1952-56 Diploma in Fine arts,Government College of Art and Craft,Lucknow *
1956-57 Post Graduate Diploma in Painting & Sculpture,Government College of Art & Craft,Lucknow(Student of L.M.Sen & Bireshwar Sen) *
1990s Head,Dept. of Fine Arts,
College of Art,Lucknow University,Lucknow.
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
1953|Solo Ex.,||Kashmir(FS). *
1975|Solo Ex.,||Lucknow. *
1980|Solo Ex.,||New Delhi
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
1953|Solo Ex.,||Kashmir(FS). *
1975|Solo Ex.,||Lucknow. *
1980|Solo Ex.,||New Delhi
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Lot 2
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Absolute Art Auction
23-24 July 2014
Bharat Milap
Wash on paper pasted on mount board
9.5 x 12.5 in
Winning bid
$1,262
Rs 73,201
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Lot 68
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Absolute Art Auction
23-24 July 2014
Untitled
Wash on paper pasted on plywood
30 x 21 in
Winning bid
$1,781
Rs 1,03,320
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