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Canvases from across the border

Cultural Correspondent
The seven artists from West Bengal who are taking part in the ongoing exhibition "Return to the Roots' at the Bengal Gallery have all had their origin in Bangladesh. As children they have had to go away to India during the 1947 Partition; but they have fond memories of their origin, and at the first opportunity they are here to present their creations on canvases.
Paritosh Sen. born in Dhaka in 1919, had his basic art education at Madras, worked as a teacher in Indore, and finally went to Paris. As a member of the Calcutta Group, launched in 1943, he wanted to revitalize Indian art and relate it to the modernity of 20' century. However, he never lost sight of his native heritage as he voyaged though modern aesthetics. Sen has always had a strong liking for figurative contents, as he contemplates on men and women of all classes, and plays with their emotions of happiness and despair, love and hate.
Bom in 1928 in Patuakhali, Barisal, Amitabha Banerjee grew up as a little child in Sandwip, of which he carried indelible impressions. Later in Kolkata, he witnessed famine and riots which are reflected in the pain and agony of the faces of women. His Sandwip memories, however, creep back in his exotic aquatints and pastels, as he brings in flowers and birds in an idealized, lyrical manner.
Bijan Chowdhury, whose family originally came from Faridpur, grew up in Kalighat. When his family had migrated there, he studied under Shilpacharya Zain ul Abedin at the Institute of Dhaka in 1949. Chowdhury believed in a collective total rise of men through socialism and leftist politics, when he returned to Kolkata. He dreamt not only of political
freedom but economical emancipation for all. These are reflected in the massive muscular proportions of his figures, with their allegorical backdrops. His sculpted figures have enormous inner strength and speak in praise of the success of the common man.
Ganesh Haloi, fled from his home in Jamalpur, in Mymensingh, when he was nine, during the Partition, and moved from one refugee camp to another. He lived on the platform of Howrah Station when he was a student of Government Art College. His pain and struggles, are not, however, reflected in his art which carry the pictorial structure of nature seen in his childhood days of blue skies and flowing rivers of East Bengal. Nature leaves fluid imprints on his senses, as we study them today in the semi abstract forms.
Suhas Das, also born in 1936, in Tejgaon, Dhaka district, settled with his widowed mother near Kolkatta. His
visions are that of the old Italian Renaissance Arts and French Classicicsts which were his influences during his trip to Europe. He became a refugee during the Naxalite violence. He came into fame with his delineations of birds, trees and flowers. His glass paintings also speakof mystic ties with nature.
Dhiraj Choudhury also fled from his home in Brahmanbaria. He did his B.Sc. at Darjeeling. He has a strong concern for man, nature and society. His lucid washes and fresh shades present lyrical landscapes.
Jogen Chowdhury, born in 1939, also came away from Faridpur, where his family had settled for generations. His artistic inclinations took their roots from his rural origin in East Bengal. He is full of fun and fantasy as he paints intriguing and erotic creatures.
These seven painters are the leading personalities in Indian art today.