Bogdansry: Adding A Data

2026-03-14T05:29:46Z

Adding A Data

New page

{{Short description|Indian painter (1934–2005)}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Tone|date=February 2024}}
{{Primary sources|date=July 2024}}
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox artist
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|05|08}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|05|19|1934|05|08}}
| birth_place = [[Ranchi]] (present-day [[Jharkhand]])<ref name='auto3'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray Biography|url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/5039/Dutta%20Ray/Shyamal |date =30 December 2008|work=Annex Galleries}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Government College of Art and Craft]], [[Calcutta]]<ref name='auto3'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray Biography|url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/5039/Dutta%20Ray/Shyamal |date =30 December 2008|work=Annex Galleries}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| notable_works =
| movement = [[Contemporary art]]
| known_for = [[Painting]]
| image =
}}
'''Shyamal Dutta Ray''', also spelt as '''Shyamal Dutt Ray''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: শ্যামল দত্ত রায়) (8 May 1934 – 19 May 2005) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]][[Contemporary art| contemporary painter]].<ref name='auto2'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://dagworld.com/shyamalduttaray.html#:~:text=The%20masterful%20depiction%20of%20pathos,Calcutta%2C%20Lalit%20Kala%20Akademi's%20national |date =30 December 2008|work=[[Delhi Art Gallery]]}}</ref>

His paintings marked a pivotal role in the history of the [[Bengal School of Art]]. He is recognised to have brought intensity to the medium of [[watercolour]]s when the Bengal School of Art used light and watery hues.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://www.saffronart.com/artists/shyamal-dutta-ray |date =30 December 2008|work=Saffronart}}</ref> He was also one of the founding members of the artists' collective Society of Contemporary Artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=The power of ideas in art |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/live/the-power-of-ideas-in-art/41175/1 |date =8 Oct 2015|work=[[Forbes India]]}}</ref>

Dutta Ray served as a teacher in the Jagadbandhu Institution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Shyamal-Dutta-Ray/40E048D418C06324/Artworks|title = Shyamal Dutta Ray | 85 Artworks | MutualArt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434365/painting-shiamal-dutta-ray/|title = Painting | Shiamal Dutta Ray | V&A Explore the Collections| date=1984 }}</ref>

His pieces can be found in the collections of the Glenbarra Art Museum in [[Japan]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in [[London]], the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] in [[Delhi]], the National Museum of Modern Art in [[Baghdad]], the [[Chittagong University]] museum in [[Bangladesh]], and the Shilpa Kala Academy, as well as the Government College of Arts in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].

He was a recipient of the Gold Medal from the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata]], in 1958. In 1982, he was honoured with the National Award from the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]]. In 1968, the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] honoured him with the Rabindra Bharati University Award.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://www.saffronart.com/artists/shyamal-dutta-ray |date =30 December 2008|work=Saffronart}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://dagworld.com/shyamalduttaray.html#:~:text=The%20masterful%20depiction%20of%20pathos,Calcutta%2C%20Lalit%20Kala%20Akademi's%20national |date =30 December 2008|work=[[Delhi Art Gallery]]}}</ref>

In addition, he received the Birla Academy of Art and Culture Award four times, in 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1978. Dutta Ray has garnered other honours, including the 1988 Shiromani Kala Puraskar and the Special Commendation of the [[Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath]] in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]].

==Artistic style==
The paradoxes of the world around him are reflected in his reflective and gloomy paintings. Dutta Ray's art mostly depicts Calcutta's urban life, with all of its joy and sadness, conflict and hardship, poverty and optimism.<ref name='auto1'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://www.saffronart.com/artists/shyamal-dutta-ray |date =30 December 2008|work=Saffronart}}</ref>

==Accolades and participations==
Dutta Ray has won numerous awards, including the [[Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath]]'s Special Commendation in 1988 as well as the Shiromani Kala Puraskar which he received in 1988. He was also the recipient of the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]]'s Merit Award. Indian major cities like [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], and [[Bangalore]] have all hosted exhibitions of his paintings. He was also the four-time winner of the Birla Academy of Art and Culture Award for 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1978. He has taken part in international exhibitions such as the ''Havana Biennale'' in [[Cuba]] and the ''Third World Biennale of Graphics'' in [[London]].<ref name='auto1'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://www.saffronart.com/artists/shyamal-dutta-ray |date =30 December 2008|work=Saffronart}}</ref><ref name='auto2'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray |url=https://dagworld.com/shyamalduttaray.html#:~:text=The%20masterful%20depiction%20of%20pathos,Calcutta%2C%20Lalit%20Kala%20Akademi's%20national |date =30 December 2008|work=[[Delhi Art Gallery]]}}</ref><ref name='auto3'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray Biography|url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/5039/Dutta%20Ray/Shyamal |date =30 December 2008|work=Annex Galleries}}</ref>

==Death==
Dutta Ray died on the 5 May 2005.<ref name='auto3'>{{cite web |title=Shyamal Dutta Ray Biography|url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/5039/Dutta%20Ray/Shyamal |date =30 December 2008|work=Annex Galleries}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutta Ray, Shyamal}}
[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male artists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male artists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:Artists from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian contemporary painters]]
[[Category:Indian founders]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Indian watercolourists]]
[[Category:Organization founders]]
[[Category:Painters from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Painters from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Ranchi]]

Shyamal Dutta Ray - Revision history

Bogdansry: Adding A Data