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,

Memorial meeting: Sunil Paul (sculptor) Samar Bhowmik ( Painter)

Memorial meeting: Sunil Paul (sculptor) Samar Bhowmik ( Painter)

 Eminent sculptor Sunil Paul Passed away on last  2nd august 2012, at the age of 92 years and Samar Bhowmik an eminent painter passed on last 12 August 2012 at the age of 77. Academy of fine Arts, today held a memorial meeting offering tributes to the two personalities at the conference hall. Renowned art critic Mrinal Ghosh has shed light on Sunil Pal's Life and Works, and another renowned art critic Prashanto Daw spoke on the life and works of Samar Bhowmik. Below the photos of the meeting:

Mrinal Ghosh

Prashanta Daw

Art critic Somen Pal also was present

Academy Montmartre: a new service to patronize and promote art and artist

Academy Montmartre –is a place where all kinds of artists will gather, create and sell their creations at a throw away price every Saturday  from 2 to 6pm.It is yet another milestone that we are going to cross on 15^th October 2012, the sacredday of Mahalaya.This endeavour is to take ART to the courtyard of commons.

Academy of Fine Arts, the most famous and prestigious art organizations of eastern India is thus going to fulfill its commitment of promoting art as it is doing tirelessly for last seventy nine years.

The word ‘Montmartre’ was originally Roman meaning ‘Mount of Mars’ but later changed by pagan French to ‘Mount of Martyrs’ or Montmartre was a small art village in the outskirts north of Paris,French where the downtrodden were pushed in order to give more space to rich and influentials. This small village had become a pilgrimage of art as it became studios and homes to many legendary artists of nineteen century.

We have borrowed the name and attached it to ours as Academy of Fine Arts is also considered a pilgrimage to all artists and art lovers.

Therefore, erect your easel or sharpen your chisel and come, join us in the inauguration of Academy Montmartre.

A documentary on artist Sri jahar Dasgupta will be screenedon the sameday at 6.30pm at the conference hall of the Academy.

Date: 15^th October 2012

Venue:Academy of Fine Arts, 2 Cathedral Road, Kolkata

Time: 2pm to 6pm

Documentary: 6.30pm to 7.30pm

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Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. Montmartre is also the setting for several hit films. In the mid-19th century, artists such as Johan Jongkind and Camille Pissarro came to inhabit Montmartre. But only at the end of the century did the district become the principal artistic center of Paris.
Artists' associations such as Les Nabis and the Incoherents were formed and individuals including Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Brissaud, Alfred Jarry, Gen Paul, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Suzanne Valadon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Maurice Utrillo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, and African-American expatriates such as Langston Hughes worked in Montmartre and drew some of their inspiration from the area.
Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and other impoverished artists lived and worked in a commune, a building called Le Bateau-Lavoir, during the years 1904–1909. Composers, including Satie (who was a pianist at Le Chat Noir), also lived in the area.
The last of the bohemian Montmartre artists was Gen Paul (1895–1975), born in Montmartre and a friend of Utrillo. Paul's calligraphic expressionist lithographs, sometimes memorializing picturesque Montmartre itself, owe a lot to Raoul Dufy.

Dipti Chakraborty's painting exhibition

Adda Birji Talaw 5th october 2012

"Adda Birji Talaw" Join today's chat session on the topic:' Photography and Painting , Friend or Foe'
Express your view at Sketch club, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in the afternoon

Monthly adda at Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata

First Friday of every month an intellectual chat session called ‘Adda Birji Talao’ will be held in the sketch club of Academy of Fine Arts, the first Adda will be held on 7^th Sept 2012, the subject of the First Session is ‘Adda ekhon takhon’. Please contact for details. You are cordially invited.  -- Bulbul Roy, contact Ph 9831801653,  Debashis 9007927504

"adda" - a lengthy and often heated debate. a term roughly translating to community chat sessions and including discussion and debate and brain-storming, all rolled into one.