Calcutta Painters

Born 1937. Education and experience: A self-trained painter noted for his unconventional style and experimentation. His work is largely non-figurative and his approach to nature is intimate, emotional, and essentially abstract in concept and basic simplicities of form, composition, and colour. A journalist by profession, Barun Roy has over five decades of experience of working with print media organizations in India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. He was art critic for Jugantar, a now-defunct Bengali daily, and currently writes a column on Asian affairs for Business Standard, a business daily based in New Delhi. Exhibitions: Four solo exhibitions in Kolkata at Chitrakoot Art Gallery in 1992 and 200, Birla Academy in 1998 and 2004. Many group exhibitions and workshops, including Habiart Gallery exhibition in Bengaluru (2005), Abani Sen Birth Centenary Memorial Exhibition in Kolkata (2005), Indigenous Modernism: Various Trends at the Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkata (2007), Gallery Exposure Annual Exhibition in Kolkata (2008), and Ashapurna Devi Birth Centenary Exhibition at Samokal Art Gallery in Kolkata (2009). Collections: Works in private collections in Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Dhaka, and Manila. Studio: AE-704, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064, India. Phone: 91-33-2337 8451 / 91-33-6529 0189 / (mobile) 91-92392-80768. E-mail: rbarun@gmail.com. Web site: www.painterbarunroy.com.  

EVENING RAGA. Acrylic on canvas. 62 cm x 62 cm

HEAVEN AND EARTH. Acrylic on canvas. 62 cm x 62 cm

RED HORIZON. Acrylic on canvas. 30 in x 26 in

LANDSCAPE WITH RED CLOUD. Acrylic on canvas. 30 in x 26 in

DREAMTIME 1. Acrylic on canvas. 16 in x 20 in

DREAMTIME 2. Acrylic on canvas. 20 in x 16 in

Acrylic on nine 1'x1' canvases.