Bikash Bhattacharjee Artist

Bikash Bhatacharjee (21 June 1940 – 18 December 2006) was an Indian painter from Kolkata in West Bengal. Through his paintings, he depicted the life of the average middle-class Bengali - their aspirations, superstitions, hypocrisy and corruption, and even the violence that is endemic to Kolkata. He worked in oils, acrylics, water-colours, conté and collage. In 2003, he was awarded the highest award of Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Arts, the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship.

Personal facts

Bikash Bhattacharjee
Birth dateJune 21, 1940
Birth place
Kolkata
Date of deathDecember 18, 2006
Place of death
Kolkata

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Movement
Realism (arts)

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External resources

  1. http://www.21stcenturyindianart.com/Realism.htm
  2. http://www.abasar.net/ArtBikash.htm
  3. http://www.artofbengal.com/Bikash.htm
  4. http://www.contemporaryindianart.com/bikash_bhattacharjee.htm