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{{short description|Indian artist}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Subhaprasanna
| image = Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya - Kolkata 2011-05-09 2825.JPG
| image_size = 200px
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| caption = Subhaprasanna at [[Science City Kolkata|Science City]], Kolkata.
| birth_name = Subhaprasanna Bhattacharjee
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Painting
| training = Indian College of Arts, Kolkata.
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| notable_works = Vastraharan, Middletone, Golden Flute, The Crows, The Owl, Abode, Cat 3, Illusion, A fairy tale, Golden
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'''Subhaprasanna Bhattacharjee ''' is an [[India]]n [[artist]], born in [[Kolkata]] in 1947. He graduated from the Indian College of Arts ([[Rabindra Bharati University]], Kolkata) in 1969. He was an active member of the 'Calcutta Painters' group. He is married to artist Shipra Bhattacharya.

==Paintings==
The city of [[Kolkata]] has always figured prominently in his work. His themes come from his personal interactions with its urban milieu - its sickness and sordidness, its violence and vulnerability and all that compounds its [[Existentialism|existential]] agony. In the 1960s and 1971s, his work was influenced by the turbulence and political violence of Kolkata.

Subhaprasanna has depicted varying moods of the city and its people, its places, and all its facets that make the city distinctive. As he states, "There isn’t another city like Kolkata anywhere in the world. In the heart of it, I find innumerable themes, subjects." He does not merely portray reality as 'matter of fact' and his presentation of reality often has dream-like elements in it. In terms of technique, Subhaprasanna boasts a precise, finely executed style that yields an unmistakable visual intensity. He works comfortably in an assortment of media, including oil on canvas, charcoal, and mixed media.

Explaining his thought-process and philosophy as a painter, he notes: "What every creator wishes to achieve is a universal appeal. There should be no language problem while judging the merits of a painting. One should go beyond themes, beyond words. There can be no clear cut definition for feelings, nor should you wish to seek any logical explanation."

Subhaprasanna's series of paintings, ''Icons and Illusions'', marked a creative breakthrough for the artist in a number of ways. Whereas he had been known in the past as an urban artist with subject matter that reflected the byways, alleyways, birds, and people of his native Kolkata, in this series he relished more in divinities and flowers. The iconic figures of [[Krishna]], [[Radha]], and [[Ganesha]] that found lyrical expression in the Icons series are modern representations and sophisticated idealizations of the same images in the popular media.

His work has been exhibited extensively in India and internationally in the [[United States]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Singapore]], [[France]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Germany]]. He has won a number of awards..

==Political career==
Since 2007, after his painting career was down, Shuvaprasanna's involvement in politics of West Bengal state increased. Since then he has been closely associated with [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] leader [[Mamata Banerjee]]. Before the 2011 assembly election, he became a prominent face to campaign for ''parivartan''. In recognition to his support, the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee created a new department in the railway ministry and made him chairperson of that department. He was given an honorarium of Rs. 8,000 per month. He has been termed as <ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-shuvaprasanna-painter-key-advisor-to-mamata-banerjee/397030/ 'key advisor']</ref> 'key advisor' to Ms Banerjee by media. Of late{{When|date=November 2011}} he has been trying to launch a channel<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075013/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-20/kolkata/28308810_1_channel-business-venture-change channel]</ref> of his own to promote his ideas and politics. However, this has run into bad weather as he has been caught using the name of Ms. Banerjee and raising funds in the name of her. Mamata trying to protect her name has started distancing herself from the painter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-19/kolkata/28301242_1_trinamool-congress-channel-chief-patron New television channel draws Trinamool ire]''articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com''. Retrieved 5 October 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1100620/20cal3.htm Anandabazar News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913135743/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1100620/20cal3.htm |date=13 September 2010 }}</ref> Recently,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Mamata-can-be-compared-with-Tagore-as-painter-says-Suvaprasanna/articleshow/18410891.cms|title = Times Of India|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> he compared Mamata's art to that of Rabindranath Tagore drawing critical comments from the intellectuals of Bengal. Recently ED seized some properties of the painter for his alleged involvement in multicrore Shardha scam. Subhaprasanna has been the subject of utter disgrace to the ruling party of West Bengal.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
Sushma Bahl (Herausgeber), Black Brown & The Blue - Shuvaprasanna. Roli Books, New Delhi 2011, {{ISBN|978-81-7436-827-0}}
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Chitrotpala Mukherjee, Shuvaprasanna - Vision: Reality & Beyond, Art Indus, New Delhi, 1999, {{ISBN|81-87670-00-2}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.artsacre.org Arts Acre Foundation]
*[http://www.gallerienvya.com "Gallerie Nvyā - Artist/ View all/ Shuvaprasanna"]
*[https://www.shuvaprasanna.com Official website of Shuvaprasanna]

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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Artists from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:Rabindra Bharati University alumni]]
[[Category:Painters from West Bengal]]

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