Promode Gopal Chatterjee
= Promode Gopal Chatterjee =
| Promode Gopal Chatterjee | |
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| Born | 20 April 1910 Senhati, Khulna District (Now in Bangladesh) |
| 💀Died | 16 November 1988 Calcutta (Now Kolkata)16 November 1988 |
| 💼 Occupation | Sculptor |
| 📆 Years active | 1940-1987 |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Puspa Chatterjee (Niece of Bhukailash Rajbari Khidirpur) |
| 👶 Children | Sons: Amal Kumar Chatterjee, Late Ashok Kumar Chatterjee Daughters: Mondira Banerjee, Tapasi Banerjee, Manashi Mukherjee |
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Promode Gopal Chatterjee (20 April 1910 – 16 November 1988) was a reputed Bengali sculptor from West Bengal, India.
Early Life
Promode Gopal Chatterjee was born on April 20, 1910, at Senhati in Khulna District (now in Bangladesh). His father was the postmaster of the Khulna District Post Office. After retirement in the year 1930, his entire family shifted to Calcutta and finally settled at Gobinda Ghoshal Lane, Bhawanipur.
Career
He was a student of the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta, where he had also taught for some time. He was a recipient of prize money for his creation "STUDY IN BRONZE" from the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, in 1940.
He was acquainted with Her Highness 108 Maharani Sahiba (Senior) of Patiala Estate; she was attracted by his sculptures and asked him to create "LORD KRISHNA" with Belgium Kosthi stone for her art gallery; after the completion of the work, Her Highness was highly satisfied and pleased with this "MASTER PIECE" and vastly appreciated the sculptor in the year 1940.[1]
He sculpted numerous classic sculptures for different Indian native estates until 1945. He was one of the members of the General Committee, Fine Arts Section, of the "ALL INDIA EXHIBITION" held at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, in 1948. He received a "SCHOLARSHIP" from the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, in 1950. His sculptures were immensely appreciated by erstwhile Indian native estates such as Patiala, Balangir, Manjusha Dhenkanal, and Seraikella.
All his sculptures mainly used bronze (lost wax casting), Makrana marble, Belgium Kosthi stone, Italian marble, and plaster of Paris. He created a bronze statue of Prafulla Chandra Roy, installed in his birthplace in Bangladesh, in the year 1950. He received an invitation from the chairman of the International Sculpture Competition (LONDON) to join, where almost thirty-five countries and over three hundred sculptors participated in the competition in the year 1952. His creation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's marble statue (bust) was installed at Vidyasagar's birthplace in Ghatal Birsingha Village in 1952.
His marble work at the Exhibition of Indian Art and Craft, sponsored by the Government of India, was sent to the United States of America to "GALLERY GAZER," where his creation "MARBLE HORSE" was much appreciated and spoken highly of by the press and art critics of Washington D.C., who compared his sculpture Marble Horse with "RODIN," the great sculptor of the continent. The marble horse executed by him had been published by the Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in its publication "INDIAN ART through the ages" in 1952.
He was a visiting lecturer in the Architecture Section of the Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Howrah. The former chief minister of the Government of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, was a great admirer of his sculptures. Dr. Roy appeared for a "live sitting" for his self-portrait in his chamber at the Writer's Building in 1954.
He created a statue of Vidyasagar, praised by the "SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS," New Delhi, and commented on as a "STRIKING PIECE OF WORK" in 1954. His creation, Dr. Santosh Kumar Basu's marble bust, was installed at the Dr. B.C. Roy Polio Clinic in Baliaghata, Calcutta, in 1959. A life-size statue of an "ONGE" was installed in the Anthropology Department of the "INDIAN MUSEUM", Calcutta.[2] It was created by him in 1959. The statues of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore were installed at Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, India, New Delhi, in 1963. The bronze relief of "GALILEO" created by him was installed at the "INDIAN AMBASSADOR HOUSE" in ITALY in 1965. A marble bust of Dr. Kumud Shankar Roy was installed at the Administrative Block of the National Medical College, Calcutta, in 1965.
His creation of a life-size marble statue (sitting posture) of Vidyasagar was installed at Sanskrit College in Kolkata, 1977. Fourteen-foot bronze statue of [[ Raja Ram Mohun Roy], created by him in 1983, was installed at Brigade Parade Ground, Kolkata. (Due to unavoidable reasons, the bronze pieces were partly welded by someone else, not under his supervision).
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His last creation in his artistic career was the statue of Rabindranath Tagore installed in Allahabad in 1987. He created numerous classic sculptures of common people, including statues of Labour, Hermit, Bairagi, and Dhunuri.
Notable Creations
Portrait of Labour
Portrait of Dhunuri
Portrait of Hermit
External Links
Promode Gopal Chatterjee at Blogpost
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