Jogen Chowdhury

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Jogen Chowdhury (15 February 1939 – 25 October 2026) was an Indian painter. He used to live and work in Santiniketan. Chowdhury graduated from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata and subsequently at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris in 1967. He made a considerable contribution toward inspiring young artists of India. Chowdhury developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, water color and pastel, though he also painted in oil medium as well. Lines and their tactile characteristic, used to enhance colors, have been important material in Indian Art for ages. Jogen Chowdhury himself is a master of lines and he has mastered to make the curves depict the character of his figures. By careful distortion of the form he imparts the air of caricature in his figures, figures of men and women. The figure is always the most important and conveys all the artist has to express. Color, he uses though, is to provide matter into...

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