Born : 1907
Died : 1996
Education :
1953-55 Professor, ICAD, Kolkata
1932 Student of D.P Roy Chowdhury, Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata
1926 – 30 Fine Arts, Govt. Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata
Exhibitions :
2013 ‘Gobardhan Ash 1907-1996
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions :
2013 ‘Gobardhan Ash 1907-1996 Landscape’, Galerie 88, Kolkata
2011 ‘Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2009 ‘A Tribute to Legend: Gobardhan Ash (1907-1996)’, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2008 ‘Journey Continues’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2007 ‘Birth Centenary Show of Gobardhan Ash (1907-2007)’, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
1994 Retrospective of Paintings, Rembrandt Art School, Begumpur
1993 Nandan, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
1992 Rembrandt Art School, Begumpur
1988,86,80 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1983,95 Art Heritage, New Delhi.
1969 ‘Fine Arts Mission’, Calcutta Information Center, Kolkata
1958 Doon School, Dehradun.
1955 Artistry House, Kolkata
1950,51 No. 1 Chowringhee Terrace, Kolkata
1955 Fine Arts Society, Chennai
Selected Group Exhibitions :
1953 ‘Calcutta Group’, New Delhi
1950 Joint show of ‘Calcutta Group’ and ‘Bombay Progressive Group’, No. 1 Chowringhee Road, Kolkata
1948 Indian Art Exhibition, Singapore
1943 Exhibition of Bengal Famine, Kolkata
1936 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Exhibition., New Delhi.
1933-38,48,58 Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, Kolkata
1933 ‘Rebels’, Kolkata
Honours and Awards :
1988 ‘Veteran Artists Award – Silver Plaque, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1985 By the order of the Govt. of India, Bombay Film Company made film of the artist and his Famine Series paintings of 1943
1985 Received cash prize Rs. 10,000, Art Heritage, for his significant contribution to Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi
1984 ‘Abanindra Puraskar’, Government of West Bengal
1983 First Prize, Academy of Fine Arts, Chennai
1981 Felicitation by Government of West Bengal, Kolkata
1980 Felicitation by Lokachitra Kala, Kolkata
1945 Silver Medal, Progressive Writers and Artists Association, Kolkata
1936,37 Received Cash Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1936 Silver Medal, Delhi Fine Arts Society, New Delhi
1936 First Prize, Madras Fine Arts Society, Chennai
