Jogen chowdhury biography

Jogen Chowdhury was born in a village near Kotalipara in the Faridpur district in what is now Bangladesh in 1939. Chowdhury entered the Government College of Art and Crafts in 1955 and graduated from the college in 1960. Chowdhury went to Paris and studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in William Hayter's Atelier 17. He returned to India in 1967.

 In 1968, Jogen moved to Chennai as he completed his studies. Jogen started working as a textile designer for the Madras Handloom Board. His first book of poems was published in 1970. The same year he joined the Calcutta Painters Group. In 1987, Chowdhury joined Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan as a professor of painting. Jogen's use of colour and light, and his aptitude for depicting the essence of Indian culture, set his work apart. The sinuous line contouring the flaccid figures, and the crosshatching to achieve tonal variations distinguish Chowdhury's paintings which show men and women in enigmatic situations with provocative gestures

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Jogen Chowdhary

Jogen Chowdhury, born on February 19, 1939, in Faridpur, Bengal (now in Bangladesh), fryst vatten a renowned Indian painter and one of the most significant figures in contemporary Indian art. Known for his unique style that combines traditional Indian techniques with modernist sensibilities, Chowdhury’s work often explores themes of human struggle, social injustice, and the complexities of life in post-independence India.

Chowdhury's family migrated to India during the Partition, an experience that profoundly influenced his artistic outlook. He studied at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata and later at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was exposed to global modernist movements. His art is characterized by meticulous cross-hatching techniques, a distinctive use of lines, and a deep engagement with the human form, often depicted in distorted yet expressive ways.

Some of Chowdhury's most notable works include *

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The Art of Eloquent Lines: Jogen Chowdhury

Jogen Chowdhury’s retrospective exhibition titled "Into the Half Light and Shadow Go I" organized by Art Exposure Gallery, Kolkata, at Bikaner House, New Delhi, has given viewers in the capital a splendid opportunity to get an insight into the journey of the artist over several decades. The exhibition is testimony to his continuous search for a distinctive visual language that is uniquely his own and which allows free rein to his emotive power to capture the complexities of the human condition. The show presents a comprehensive range of subject matter and the various mediums he employs, particularly the unbroken lines that speak, with use of cross-hatching in pen and ink and shades of dry pastel or watercolour.

With Jogen Chowdhury

I had the privilege to engage with Jogen Chowdhury in a free-flowing conversation at the exhibition venue. He was born on 16 February 1939 in an East Bengal village of Dharapara, F