1. Jogen Chowdhury was born on 19 February 1939 and is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
16 Facts About Jogen Chowdhury
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Jogen Chowdhury has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India.
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Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris.
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Jogen Chowdhury himself is a master of lines and he has mastered to make the curves depict the character of his figures.
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Jogen Chowdhury's art is rich in suggestions; it is to be apprehended without bracketing our fund of knowledge, experience or memories, but cannot be narrativised without trivialising it, without depleting its sensory particularities.
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Jogen Chowdhury was born in Daharpara Village, a village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh in 1939.
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Jogen Chowdhury's father Pramatha Nath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar.
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Jogen Chowdhury received the interest on art from his parents as both his parents were artists.
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Jogen Chowdhury had painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres.
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Jogen Chowdhury was born and brought-up in a village culture and atmosphere.
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Jogen Chowdhury was appointed as a textile designer in the Handloom Board in Chennai.
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Jogen Chowdhury quit his job at the Madras Handloom Board in 1972 to join the Art Gallery of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi as a Curator.
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Jogen Chowdhury founded the Gallery 26 and Artists' Forum in New Delhi in 1975 along with some leading painters of New Delhi.
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In 1986, Jogen Chowdhury represented India in the 'Festival of Art' in Baghdadwi.
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In 1987, Jogen Chowdhury joined Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan as professor of painting.
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In 2014, Jogen Chowdhury has been elected as a member of Rajya Sabha from Trinamool Congress.