Prahlad Chandra Karmakar (1900 - 1946)

He was born in Bikrampur Village, Dhaka District, Bangladesh. In his early life he showed talent in drawing and was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He became famous as a jewellery designer. He was forced to paint academic portraits for his living. 1925 First Artist to set up a studio with nude study facility, first of its kind, Calcutta. He died of cancer, and within a few months after his death, during a communal riot, his studio was burnt down.

EDUCATION

Passed from Mr. Ranada Gupta’s Jubilee Art School, Jadabpur, Calcutta. Learnt at Govt. College of Art and Craft, Calcutta.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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

EXHIBITIONS

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

COLLECTION

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

AWARDS

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

STYLE

His creative works were experimental and penetrating.

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