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|birth_date = 11 May 1916<br />
|birth_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|09|26|1916|5|11|}}<br />
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|occupation = [[Painting|Painter]]<br />
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'''Nirode Mazumdar''' (11 May 1916<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rao|first1=P. R. Ramachandra|title=Contemporary Indian art|date=169|publisher=P. R. Ramachandra Rao|asin=B0006C24EC|page=42}}</ref> – 26 September 1982<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India - Volume 106, Part 1|date=1985|page=42}}</ref>) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] painter from the first generation of Indian modernists, and a key member of the [[Calcutta Group]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Nirode Mazumdar was the younger brother of renowned Bengali novelist [[Kamal Kumar Majumdar]],<ref>{{cite book | title = Ardhek Jibon | author = Sunil Gangopadhyay | author-link = Sunil Gangopadhyay | publisher = Ananda Publishers}}</ref> their younger sister [[Shanu Lahiri]] (1928-2013) was also a noted painter and art educator.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Shanu Lahiri dead|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130202/jsp/calcutta/story_16510654.jsp#.UUISlTeEnuo|date=2 February 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=Calcutta|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Nirode Mazumdar had his first education under [[Kshitindranath Majumdar]], student of [[Abanindranath Tagore]], at the Indian Society of Oriental Art in [[Calcutta]]. After he finished his course Mazumdar was awarded the Norman Blount Memorial Award for his artistic skill.<br />
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Along with the new generation of modernists such as [[Pradosh Das Gupta]], [[Rathin Maitra]], and [[Paritosh Sen]], Nirode Mazumdar founded the Calcutta Group in 1943. His first solo show in Calcutta was organised by the Calcutta Group in 1944. On a French government scholarship, he studied engraving in Paris at the academy of the French artist [[Andre Lhote]]. In 1951, he participated in a group show held at the India House in London, and worked for sometime as the curator of the art gallery there. In 1955, Nirode returned to Paris. He had a solo show at the [[Gallerie Barbizon]] in Paris in 1957. He lived in Europe for ten years, befriending many writers and artists such as [[Constantin Brâncuși]], [[Georges Braque]], and [[Jean Genet]].<br />
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Nirode Mazumdar returned to Calcutta in 1958. He painted large canvasses, gradually moving towards Tantric themes in his work, and often exploring a single concept over a series of paintings. His work remained rooted in the pictorial tradition of Bengal, which he harmonized with European modernism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nirode Mazumdar: Profile|url=http://www.saffronart.com/artist/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=127|publisher=Saffron Art}}</ref><br />
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He presently has some painting showed in Paris, Villa Vassillieff, in a temporary and free exhibition, until 23 December 2017.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* Mazumdar Nirode, and Sena Rāmaprasāda, translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. 2000. ''Song for Kali: a cycle of images and songs''. Calcutta: Seagull Books.<br />
* Mazumdar Nirode, ''Punascha Parry'', first published in a weekly basis in the magazine Desh, late 1970s to early 1980s. Published as a book by Ananda Publishers in 1983 (after the artist's death in 1982).<br />
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