the art of the art of CONTENTS January – March 2012 Director’s Note 5 © 2012 Delhi Art Gallery Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Editor’s Note 7 White, Black And Grey: 10 The Colonial Interface Paula Sengupta ‘Revivalism’ And The 32 11 Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi 110016, India ‘Bengal School’ Tel: 91 11 46005300 Sanjoy Mallik DLF Emporio, Second Floor, Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110070, India History And Utopia 44 Tel: 91 11 41004150 Ina Puri Email:
[email protected] www.delhiartgallery.com Late 18th Century -1910 62 PROJECT EDITOR: Kishore Singh 1911-1920 103 EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Shruti Parthasarathy PROJECT COORDINATOR: Nishant and Neha Berlia 1921-1930 120 RESEARCH: Aditya Jha, Puja Kaushik, Poonam Baid, Sukriti Datt 1931-1940 140 PHOTOGRAPHY OF ARTWORKS: Durga Pada Chowdhury 1941-1950 164 RESTORATION: Priya Khanna 1951-1960 208 DESIGN: Madhav Tankha, Vivek Sahni – Vivek Sahni Design 1961-1970 252 PRINT: Archana Printers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 1971-1980 298 All rights are reserved under international copyright conventions. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, 1981-1990 340 electronic and mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing 1991-2010 368 from the publisher. 2000-2010 400 ISBN: 978-93-81217-23-8 Artist Profiles 415 Front cover: Author Profiles 452 Back cover: Artist Groups in Bengal 453 Bibliography 454 Artist Index 461 DIRECTOR’S NOTE engal – the association with its art (and literature, and cinema, and food) is instinctive, almost as if it’s DNA-coded into its people.