Amal Ghosh
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| Born | January 1, 1933 Indian |
| Died | February 24, 2022 |
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Amal Kumar Ghosh (January 1, 1933 - February 24, 2022)[1][2] was an Indian-born British painter, mural artist, and educator.[3][4][5][6][7] Ghosh was the co-founder of Horizon Gallery.[4]
Early life
Ghosh was born to Subodh and Parul Ghosh in Calcutta, India.[1][8][9] Ghosh migrated to London, the UK, from Calcutta, India, in the late 1950s.[3]
Education
Ghosh studied painting at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, from 1953 to 1958.[4] He enrolled for post-graduation diploma in Stained Glass at the Central School of Art and Design, London (now known as Central St. Martins College of Art and Design) from 1958 to 1960.[1] From 1980 to 1981, he pursued a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from Hertfordshire College of Arts, St. Albans.[9]
Career
Ghosh co-established Horizon Gallery, mainly for the South Asian diaspora, on Marchmont Street, London, which is now closed.[3][4][10] He was the Professor Emeritus at Kolkata Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata University, and Santineketan Vis Bharatiti.[9][11]
He created enamel panels to surround a run-down family picnic area in Leicester's Belgrave Park.[8] Ghosh was commissioned to produce the enamel panel for The Brentford Oral History Compilation, as part of the Brentford Mural Commission in 2001.[12]
As a British South Asian visual artist, in 1987, Ghosh's Allegory Series was exhibited at Horizon Gallery show, Connections. Its originals are located at the Panchayat Archive at the University of Westminster.[4] He created Kolkata's first mosaic mural for the façade of the Brabourne Road branch of UCO Bank in 1963.[2]
Ghosh was interviewed by BBC radio and talked on podcasts, including the South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive (SADAA).[10]
Awards
- The Shilpi Maha Samman Award, 2017[13]
Death
Ghosh died after a brief illness in London on February 24, 2022.[2][3][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Amal Ghosh". SADAA. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Amal Ghosh, creator of Kolkata's first mosaic mural, dead". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ghosh, Ida Lykken (2021-12-15). "15 December". Kunstkritikk. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Connections Leaflet - Vads".
- ↑ "Recording the Crafts - Amal Ghosh". www.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "Beyond Frontiers | Here and Now 1: Amal Ghosh in conversation with Sajid Rizvi | EAPGROUP | Imprints and Serials, including Eastern Art Report, East Asia Journal, Art Criticism Today,Saffron Books, East Asia Journal, Eastern Art Report, Art News, Artist Pages, Articles, Interviews, Previews and Reviews". Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "Birds of passage". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Asian persuasion | Tes Magazine". www.tes.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Amal Ghosh. Born Calcutta, Artist; oil paintings, enamel, stained glass - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Podcasts". SADAA. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ Neustatter, Angela (2004-05-25). "Keep off the glass". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ "Brentford - Grand Union Canal Oral History (Project Archive)". Utopia Arts. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ↑ MP, Team (2017-11-24). "8 awarded with Shilpi Mahasamman and Shilpi Samman". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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