Calcutta Painters

Born 1948. Education and experience: Graduated from the government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, specializing in Applied Visual Art. Fascinated with human forms, especially women. His canvases have made several incisive portrayals of womanhood. His compositions in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media on tussar silk, paper, and canvas express the unheeded, the unspoken, and the unsung. Awards: Won the AIFACS Professional Award at the 11th All India Senior Watercolour Exhibitions in 2000. Felicitated by the Public Relations Society of India. Secretary, Calcutta Painters. Has won several awards for 3-D exhibition work, including murals, and has also won awards at the International Calendar Competition thrice. Exhibitions: 1997 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata; 1999 Nehru Art Centre Gallery, Mumbai; 1999 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, accompanied by celebrated poets of Bengal; 2001 Time & Space Gallery, Bengaluru; 2002 Apparao Art Gallery, Chennai. Many group shows in India and abroad, including Singapore, Boston, Dubai, Florence Biennale (2007), and Saatchi Art Gallery (online), UK. Also invited to Beijing Biennale 2009 and other international expos in New York and in Canada. Participated in a workshop in Bangkok. Collections: Private collections in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Dhaka, Singapore, and Paris.  Studio: 14-B, Canal Street, Apt. 105-106, Kolkata 700 014, India. Phone: 91-33-2265 0209 / 91-33-2217 0678 / (mobile) 91-97484-37221. E-mail: dwijen07@gmail.com. Web site: www.dwijengupta.com.

COURTYARD. Watercolour on Tussar silk. 76 cm x 102 cm

Acrylic on tussar.

SUMMER HOPE. Acrylic on canvas. 46 cm x 55 cm

LADY WITH THE LAMP. Acrylic on canvas.