CL-23 Mr.Gautam Pal - Studio-Di-Scultura (Calcutta Metropolitan District)

About The Sculptor - Part 1
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Gautam Pal was born in a traditional family of modelers of Krishnagar (a tiny town in West Bengal) in the year 1949. During his study in college with Physics he made portrait sculptures under the guidance of his father Sculptor K.C.Paul.

After completing his graduation inspired by his mother Mrs. Rekha Paul he joined the Government College of Art and Craft, in Kolkata and worked under Principal C.Kar and Professor Sunil Paul. He was admitted directly to the 3rd year and in 1972 he completed his Diploma from the Art College.

About The Sculptor - Part 2
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He then joined the Academia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan in Italy and completed Diploma in 1974 working under Professor Luciano Minguzzi.In 1974 he returned to his native land and opened a studio of his own, naming, Studio Di Scultura and also worked with his father.In 1979 he again visited Italy and France to see the works of the museums. He presented a bronze bust of Pope John Paul (IV) and a pencil drawing of Pope John Paul to the Pope at Vatican City. In 1986 he started developing an open-air sculpture garden near Krishnagar.

In 1992 he completed another studio at Salt Lake, Kolkata and now lives there with his wife Smita and daughter Koel. His works are installed in different parts of India and also in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.In 1988, his standing statue of Mahatma Gandhi was installed in Moscow, USSR which was inaugurated by the President of India Mr. Venkat Raman and the President of USSR Mr. Andre Gromico. Gradually his works are being in various parts of the world like France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Canada, Myanmar, China, Prague, Yemen, Brazil, and also in different parts of USA.

In 2000, his standing statue of Mahatma Gandhi was installed in Washington D.C. which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and the president of USA Mr. Bill Clinton.

About The Sculptor - Part 3
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He works mainly on bronze, marble, granite, and Wood. He participated in various exhibitions in India and also made solo exhibitions in Kolkata and Bombay.

Gautam Pal won awards from the Government Art College and thrice from the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. He took life sittings of National Professor Suniti Chatterjee, Prof. Tomaso Marini, Governor D.B.Pandey and Pundit Ravi Shankar.

Presently he is making one marble statue of Sri Sri Ramkrishna for installation in Dhaka, Bangladesh and a double life size sitting statue of Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore for installation at the Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.

He is also making a bronze bust of Gandhiji for installation in Chile and also bronze busts of Tagore for Dublin and Sweden. A 9ft. statue of Mahatma Gandhi is also in progress for installation at Chicago, USA.

AWARDS
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1971 Figure in stone - Govt. Collage of Art and Craft. Kolkata
1974 Torso- Cerma, Italy
1976 Bellerina -Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1980 Karl Marx- Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1983 Reclined Woman- Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

EXHIBITIONS PARTICIPATED
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1971 Government Collage of Art and Craft .Kolkata
1974 Crema, Italy
1976 CMDA exhibition at the assembly house garden, Annual exhibitions of the Academy of Fine Arts and Birla Academy.
1980-83 Annual exhibitions of the Academy of Fine Arts and Birla Academy
1993 Annual exhibitions of the Birla Academy.
1994 Participated in a workshop at Krishnagar Dakbanglow with some eminent artists of India.
Participated in an exhibition of paintings and Sculptures.at Krishnagar Town Hall, Organised by the Nataraj Kala Sangam

IMPORTANT LIFE SITTINGS
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1972 Life sitting of National professor Sunil Chatterjee at Kolkata
1974 Life sitting of artist professor Tamaso Marini in Milan Italy
1983 Life sitting of Governor Mr.B.D.Pandey at Krishnagar Studio
1985 Life sitting of Pandit Ravi Sankar at Varanasi.

TV Documentary
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1991 Highway Pride - Documentary
1992 A face in the crowd TV documentary