PRAHLAD KARMAKAR

BEGINNINGS

Born in Bikrampur Village, Bangladesh. 1925 First Artist to set up a studio with nude study facility, first of its kind, Calcutta.

EDUCATION

• Passed from Mr. Ranada Guptas Jubilee Art School, Jadabpur, Calcutta.
• Studied at Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

EXHIBITIONS

• All India Exhb., Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
• Exhb., Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta.
• 1939 Participated in San Francisco Biennale, San Francisco. He had two solo exhb. in the same year.
• 1943 Participated in San Franciso International exhb., San Francisco.

COLLECTION

• Govt. College of Art and Craft, Kolkata.
• Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.
• Deptt. of Information, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata.
• Indian Museum, Kolkata.
• Dr. Bhabani Charan Law Family, Kolkata.
• Lady Wellington Collection.
• Lord Lytton Collection.
• Promotho Choudhury Collection, Kolkata.
• Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS

• Received award in All India Exhb., Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
• 1939 Silver Plaque, San Francisco International exhb., San Francisco.
• 1943 Bronze Medal, San Francisco Biennale, San Francisco.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Senior Professor, Deptt. of Commercial Art, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

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