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<div>{{Short description|Art college in Kolkata, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
| image = Government College of Art & Craft Calcutta logo.svg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| caption = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of the Government College of Art & Craft<br />
| name = Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta<br />
| native_name = <br />
| type = [[Public]], Calcutta Art College<br />
| established = 1854: School of Industrial Art <br />1864: Government School of Art <br> 1951: Government College of Art & Craft<br />
| founder = [[Abanindranath Tagore]]<br />
| principal = Chatrapati Dutta<br />
| dean = <br />
| address = 28 Jawaharlal Nehru Road<br />
| affiliations = [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| website = {{url|www.gcac.edu.in/}}<br />
| city = Kolkata<br />
| state = West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.5571913|N|88.3500542|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kolkata#India<br />
| other_name = GCAC<br />
| logo =<br />
| logo_size = 100px<br />
| logo_alt = GCAC<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
[[File:Entrance - Government College of Art & Craft - Chowringhee Road - Kolkata 2013-04-15 6072.JPG|thumb|Entrance of Government College of Art & Craft, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata]]<br />
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The '''Government College of Art & Craft''' ('''GCAC''') in [[Kolkata]] is one of the oldest Art colleges in [[India]]. It was founded on August 16, 1854 at Garanhata, [[Chitpur]], "with the purpose of establishing an [[institution]] for [[teaching]] the [[youth]] of all classes, [[Industrial technology|industrial]] art based on [[Scientific method|scientific methods]]." as the [[School of Industrial Art]]. The [[institute]] was later renamed as the Government School of Art and in 1951 it became the Government College of Art & Craft.<ref name=bagal>Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1966). ''History of the Govt. College of Art and Craft'' in the ''Centenary: Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta'', Calcutta: Government College of Art & Craft, pp. 1–58.</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The school opened on August 16, 1854 at Garanhata as a private art school. The school was shifted to the building of [[Mutty Lall Seal]] in Colootola in November 1854. In 1859, Garick joined as Head Teacher. In 1864, it was taken over by the government and on June 29, 1864 [[Henry Hover Locke]] joined as its principal. It was soon renamed as the Government School of Art. Locke made a comprehensive scheme of Curriculum of studies for the institution. The venue of the school was shifted to 166, Bowbazar Street in the 1880s. After the death of Locke on December 25, 1885 M. Schaumburg became the new principal. A new post of Assistant Principal was created and on January 29, 1886 an Italian artist O. Ghilardi joined the post. In February 1892 the institute was shifted to its present site adjacent to the [[Indian Museum]]. After the death of its principal, Jobbins [[Ernest Binfield Havel]] joined the school as its principal on July 6, 1896.<ref name=bagal/><br />
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===Havell, Brown and Abanindranath===<br />
[[Ernest Binfield Havel]] was the principal from 1896 to 1905. He attempted to reform teaching to emphasise Indian traditions, leading to the emergence of the style known as the [[Bengal school of art]]. [[Percy Brown (scholar)|Percy Brown]] was the next principal, who took over from the officiating Principal Abanindranath Tagore on January 12, 1909. He served as Principal up to 1927.<ref name=bagal/> From August 15, 1905 to 1915, [[Abanindranath Tagore]] was the Vice-Principal of the college, and worked towards developing an ''Indian style of Art'', which gave birth to the [[Bengal school of art]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080624035401/http://www.indiaeducation.ernet.in/insitutions/PROFILE.ASP?no=U00336 Govt. College of Art and Craft]. indiaeducation.ernet.in</ref> an agenda that was to be pursued at the [[Kala Bhavan]], [[Shantiniketan]].<br />
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===Mukul Dey as principal===<br />
On July 11, 1928 [[Mukul Chandra Dey]] became the principal. In October 1931, it started its quarterly magazine, ''Our Magazine'', which published the reproductions of the works of its students and the faculty. Mukul Dey was Principal of the institute till 1943.<ref name=bagal/><br />
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===Chintamoni Kar as principal===<br />
For a long period in the 60s and 70s, it was headed by [[Chintamoni Kar]], who was appointed Principal on August 1, 1956.<ref name=bagal/><br />
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==Department==<br />
===[[Painting]]===<br />
*Drawing<br />
*Portrait Making<br />
*Life Study<br />
*Antique Study<br />
*Still Life<br />
*Composition<br />
*Mural<br />
*Print Making<br />
*Sketch<br />
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===[[Indian painting|Indian Painting]]===<br />
*Drawing<br />
*Life Study<br />
*Mural<br />
*Composition<br />
*Museum Study<br />
*Nature Study<br />
*Copy from Old Masters<br />
*Print Making<br />
*Sketch<br />
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===[[Sculpture|Modelling & Sculpture]]===<br />
*Life Study<br />
*Head Study<br />
*Portrait<br />
*Composition<br />
*Moulding and Casting (Bronze and Fiberglass casting)<br />
*Stone Carving<br />
*Direct Plaster<br />
*Clay Modelling<br />
*Wood Carving<br />
*Terracotta<br />
*Repousse (embossing)<br />
*Mixed Media<br />
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===[[Applied arts|Graphic Design / Applied Art]]===<br />
*Drawing<br />
*Sketch<br />
*Advertising<br />
*Print & Electronic Media<br />
*3-D Design<br />
*Typography<br />
*Out-of-Home Advertisement<br />
*Illustration<br />
*Print Making<br />
*Photography<br />
*Audio Visual Media<br />
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===[[Textile design|Textile Design]]===<br />
*Weaving<br />
*Printing (Block Printing, Screen Printing and others)<br />
*Dyeing (Tie and Dye, Batik, etc.)<br />
*Design<br />
*Drawing<br />
*Life Study<br />
*Sketch<br />
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===[[Ceramic art|Ceramic Art & Pottery]]===<br />
*Designing<br />
*Finishing<br />
*Glazing<br />
*Firing<br />
*Ceramic Mural<br />
*Ceramic Sculpture<br />
*Functional and Expressional Pottery Drawing<br />
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===[[Design]]: Wood and leather===<br />
*Design and Execution in Wood and Leather<br />
*Mixed Media Composition<br />
*Water Colour<br />
*Oil Colour<br />
*Mixed Media<br />
*Object Drawing<br />
*Life Drawing<br />
*Sketch<br />
*Painting<br />
*Mural<br />
*Wooden Sculpture<br />
*Interior Design<br />
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===[[Printmaking]]===<br />
*Relief Process: Lino or Traditional Wood Surface<br />
*Planographic: Lithography<br />
*Intaglio: Etching<br />
*Stencil: Silk Screen<br />
*Computer Graphics and Digital Printing<br />
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==Alumni==<br />
:'' See also: [[:Category:Government College of Art & Craft alumni|Government College of Art & Craft alumni]]''<br />
Notable alumni of this institute include [[Nandalal Bose]], [[Jamini Roy]], [[Lain Singh Bangdel]], [[Atul Bose]], [[Somnath Hore]], [[Rajen Tarafdar]], [[Jainul Abedin]], [[Hemen Majumdar]], [[Shanu Lahiri]],<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Shanu Lahiri dead|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130202/jsp/calcutta/story_16510654.jsp#.UUISlTeEnuo|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|access-date=March 15, 2013|location=Calcutta, India|date=February 2, 2013}}</ref> [[Ganesh Pyne]], [[Ganesh Haloi]], [[Sunil Das]], [[Samir Mondal]],<ref name="tele05">{{cite news |title=Painting memories |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050205/asp/weekend/story_4313311.asp |publisher=The Telegraph |date=February 5, 2005 |access-date=Feb 21, 2013 |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> [[Jogen Chowdhury]], [[Sudip Roy]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article316153.ece |title=Capturing different moods through art|date=2012-02-06| publisher=The New Indian Express}}</ref> [[Pulak Biswas]], [[Mrinal Kanti Ray]], [[Ananta Mandal]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/Multifarious-impressions-of-Ananta-Mandal/articleshow/27172339.cms?|title=Multifarious impressions of Ananta Mandal|date=Dec 10, 2013| work=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Paresh Maity]], [[Sanatan Dinda]], [[Biman Bihari Das]].<ref name="India Mart bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamart.com/prof-biman-bdas/aboutus.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140925052422/http://www.indiamart.com/prof-biman-bdas/aboutus.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-25 |title=India Mart bio |publisher=India Mart |date=2014 |access-date=September 25, 2014 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta]]<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in West Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://www.parampara.org.in/ Parampara Union Website]<br />
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