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Introduction

Zodiac sign
Gemini
Place of Birth
New Delhi, NCT of Delhi, India
State Country of Birth
NCT of Delhi, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1968

    1. Annual Exhibition, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India

  2. 1969

    1. Art Today I, Kunika-Chemould Gallery, New Delhi, India

  3. 1970

    1. Art Today II, Ashoka Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Art Today II, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India

  4. 1971

    1. Art Today III, Graphics & Drawings, Ashoka Galley, New Delhi, India

  5. 1974

    1. New Group, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India

  6. 1975

    1. Under Thirty Five, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    2. New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

  7. 1976

    1. National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    2. Twenty Artists, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India

  8. 1977

    1. New Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
    2. The Pictorial Space, Curated by Geeta Kapur, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    3. Selected works from Lalit Kala Akademi's Collection, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, India
    4. Two Painters, Amitava Das, Manjit Bawa, Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi, India
    5. Art India 77, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India

  9. 1978

    2. Garhi Prints, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India

  10. 1979

    1. Indian Art Today, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
    2. Serigraphs, Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, India
    3. National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    5. All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India

  11. 1980

    1. All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India
    2. Miniature Format, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, India
    3. Indian Contemporary Prints, Dubai, UAE
    4. National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    5. Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, India

  12. 1981

    1. All India Exhibition of Drawings, Chennai and New Delhi, India
    2. Prints, Gallery Steinmetz, Bonn, West Germany

  13. 1982

    1. Grenchen Triennale, International exhibition of Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland
    2. Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
    3. All India Exhibition of Prints, Government Museum, Chandigarh, India

  14. 1983

    1. Seven Painters, Maurya Gallery, New Delhi, India

  15. 1984

    1. Contemporary Indian Painting, Moscow, Vienna
    2. Fredrikstad Biennale of Prints, Norway

  16. 1985

    1. Some Aspects of Indian Art Today, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
    2. Graphics 85, All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
    3. Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India

  17. 1986

    1. Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India

  18. 1987

    1. Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
    3. Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India

  19. 1988

    1. Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
    2. Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India

  20. 1989

    1. Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India
    2. Contemporary Indian Paintings, Darmstadt, West Germany
    3. Miniature Works, Habiart Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
    4. Artist's Alert, Organised by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    5. Graphics 88 - All India Exhibition of Prints, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India

  21. 1990

    1. Paintings, Sakshi Gallery, Chennai, India

      10 Sep 1990 to 20 Sep 1990

    2. War and Peace: Contemporary Paintings, Organised by Max Mueller Bhavan and Birla Academy of Art & Culture at Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai

  22. 1991

    1. Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
    2. Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
    3. Artists for Helpage, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
    4. Contemporary Indian Art, Munich, Germany
    5. Three Contemporary Artists, Bremen, Germany

  23. 1992

    2. Contemporary Indian Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Das, Amitava (Artist). Amitava Das, 1978 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882147
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Das, Amitava (Artist). Amitava Das, 1978 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882147

Chronicled Highlights

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Amitava Das
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Amitava Das
Amitava Das — New Delhi, NCT of Delhi, India.
Das, Amitava (Artist). Various. Pen and ink on paper, 1972 | Drawing | FineArts | 00576604
Das, Amitava (Artist). Various. Pen and ink on paper, 1972 | Drawing | FineArts | 00576604
In 2009, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Various (1972), offered in the Indian Modern & Contemporary Art & Craft: Including the Paramparik Karigar Collection of Contemporary Indian Craft by Osian's, which concluded on 21 March 2009 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹9,60,000 ($19,002). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Das, Amitava (Artist). Untitled. Oil on canvas, 1980 | Painting | FineArts | 00599296
Das, Amitava (Artist). Untitled. Oil on canvas, 1980 | Painting | FineArts | 00599296
In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1980), offered in the Winter Online Auction: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art by Saffronart, which concluded on 08 December 2005 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹5,58,800 ($12,061). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Das, Amitava (Artist). Somalia. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 1993 | Painting | FineArts | 00597877
Das, Amitava (Artist). Somalia. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 1993 | Painting | FineArts | 00597877
In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Somalia (1993), offered in the Indian Contemporary Art: Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture by Osian's, which concluded on 09 February 2005 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹4,14,000 ($9,487). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Das, Amitava (Artist). Untitled. Oil on canvas, 1999 | Painting | FineArts | 00597878
Das, Amitava (Artist). Untitled. Oil on canvas, 1999 | Painting | FineArts | 00597878
In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1999), offered in the Indian Contemporary Art: Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture by Osian's, which concluded on 09 February 2005 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹3,45,000 ($7,906). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Osians (Auction House) and Neville Tuli (Curator). Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings. 05 December 2002, Mumbai | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00861894
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Osians (Auction House) and Neville Tuli (Curator). Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings. 05 December 2002, Mumbai | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00861894
On 05 December 2002, Amitava Das made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Untitled was presented as Lot 150 in Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings, conducted by Osian's in Mumbai, India. This auction marked the artist's first recorded appearance in the public auction market, establishing the earliest chapter of their auction history.
Das, Amitava (Artist). Metamorphosis II. Oil on canvas, 2004 | Painting | FineArts | 00574828
Das, Amitava (Artist). Metamorphosis II. Oil on canvas, 2004 | Painting | FineArts | 00574828
In 2008, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Metamorphosis II (2004), offered in the Indian Modern & Contemporary Art by Emami Chisel, which concluded on 23 February 2008 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹8,05,000 ($20,100). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

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