77th Annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition 2012

77th Annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition 2012

Academy of Fine Arts

2. Cathedral Road. Kolkata -700071

77th Annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition 2012
Academy of Fine Arts
2. Cathedral Road. Kolkata -700071
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Inauguration:
Shri Ramananda Bandopadhyay ( eminent artist),
Chief Guest:
Abida Islam ( Hon'ble Deputi High Commissioner of Bangla desh in Kolkata)
Guest of Honour :
Shri Arun Mukherjee ( eminent thespian)


Lady Ranu Mookerjee Life time achievement Award 2012
presented to
Shri Bipin Goswami ( eminent sculptor)

Inauguration on sunday, 23rd December, 2012 at 10.30am

The exhibition will remain open till 6th January 2013, 

daily between 2 - 8 pm.Sunday and holiday from 12-8pm

Best award given to:
Bhaskar Aditya - His excellency the governor of West Bengal Award ( best exhibit, 40x30- acrylic  -freedom under cover)
Best painting Atul Bose Award:
Shri Kausik Saha,-- spiritual Ecstacy- acrylic --48x48
Water colour , Indra Dugar Award:
Shri Gautam Dey-- relation -- 32 x 46
Best Indian style Painting, Academy of Fine Arts Award, --
Shri Kaushik Coomar --Hara Parvati- Tempara- 18x14
Best Graphic/ digital/ collage Haren Das Award:
Shri Pratap Ch. Chakraborty -- Every mile stone is ultimate undefended-- pen and ink--38 x 48
Best sculpture, Asha Mukul Das Award :
Shri Srikanta Banerjee-- The sublime- Wood and metals, 12 x 23 x 36

You can see in the gallery about 176 art works
open category, 144 paintings selected and hung on the wall for exhibition,24 sculptures are on the floor
senior category 11 works
21 invited artists' work

Decorated entrance

Academy Monmartre: an attempt of promotion for ART and Artists

Academy Monmartre : an attempt of promotion for ART and  Artists 

Today, we (Academy of Fine Arts) have launched a Monmartre programme. It is a weekly programme round the year. Every Saturday from 2pm to 6pm, any artist can come and join the art camp, about 30 to 40 artists can work together, To promote art and artists, Academy of Fine Arts has arranged this weekly art camp and the space free of cost. Artists will bring their paper and canvases being armed with their colour and brushes, from 2 pm they will start their work and sell it here within the stipulated price Rs. 1500/. the art lover also can buy any artists' work piece within the same price -- Rs. 1500/. This is done just to promote art to middle class and lower middle class people , so, that they can buy a art piece and hang it in their drawing room.The space is infront of  Academy of Fine Arts, the south lawn.

 Eminent painter Prakash Karmakar inaugurated the event, The president Jahar Dasgupta and secretary Bulbul Roy have mentioned about the programme clearly in their speeches which is narrated here, Eminent Art critic sandip Sarkar, also delivered his speech and suggested a new Indian name for this programme instead of Academy Monmartre. Film and documentary maker Sandip Roy also was present in the event , he had made a documentary on the life and works of painter Jahar Dasgupta, which was screened in the conference hall of Academy. Now see the photos may add you more visual information.  If you are an artist and like to avail the space ( free of cost) contact the secretary, Its your chances to draw / paint and sell and meet famous persons in the field of art and culture.Spread this news.Thank you.

At Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, Today, we had an art camp,