Debiprosad Roy Chowdhury | Tuli Research Centre for India Studies

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Introduction

Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1899
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Date of Death: 15 Oct 1975
Age: 76
Place of Birth: Tajhat, Rangpur, Undivided India | Present-day Bangladesh
Place of Death: Calcutta
State Country of Birth: Undivided India | Present-day Bangladesh

Exhibitions

1933
1. Kolkata, India
1974
1. A Handbook of Sculptures, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1975
1. A Handbook of Bengal School, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1988
1. 21 Dec 1988 to 05 Jan 1989
1997
1. Major Trends in Indian Art, Curated by Rm. Palaniappan, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  25 Sep 1997 to 12 Oct 1997
2. 13 Dec 1997 to 24 Dec 1997
1999
1. 20 Jul 1999 to 29 Jul 1999
2001
1. 07 Aug 2001 to 14 Aug 2001
2003
1. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  29 Nov 2003 to 13 Dec 2003
2. Manifestations: Indian Art in the 20th Century, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at, World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India
  12 Nov 2003 to 19 Nov 2003
3. 19 Apr 2003 to 19 May 2003
2004
1. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  09 Aug 2004 to 21 Aug 2004
2. Manifestations II: Indian Art in the 20th Century, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  25 Jul 2004 to 31 Jul 2004
2005
1. Manifestations - III: 100 Artists from Delhi Art Gallery Collection, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
  06 Apr 2005 to 12 Apr 2005
2. Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  22 Apr 2005 to 27 Apr 2005
3. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  30 Apr 2005 to 14 May 2005
4. Revisualising India, from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  16 Aug 2005 to 02 Sep 2005
2006
1. The Osian Asian, an Exhibition from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  29 Jun 2006 to 19 Jul 2006
2007
1. An Historical Epic: India in the Making: Part II, from the Osian 's Archive Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  19 Jul 2007 to 26 Jul 2007
2008
1. Osian Asian II, An Exhibition from the Osians Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  03 Jul 2008 to 20 Jul 2008
2009
1. Jashn Osianama: 500 Years of Violence Non-Violence, from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curaed by Neville Tuli, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  20 Jun 2009 to 02 Jul 2009
2011
1. Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  18 Apr 2011 to 18 Jun 2011
2. Manifestations - VI: 75 Artists, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  24 Oct 2011 to 24 Dec 2011
2012
1. Manifestations VII: 75 Artists, 20th Century Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  26 Mar 2012 to 31 Jul 2012
2. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  25 Jan 2012 to 17 Mar 2012
2013
1. Indian Portraits, The Face of a People, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  01 Sep 2013 to 26 Oct 2013
2. Manifestations X: 75 Artists 20Th Century Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  30 Dec 2013 to 08 Mar 2014
2014
1. Indian Portraits, The Face of a People, Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  29 Mar 2014 to 15 Jul 2014
2. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), Mumbai, India
  09 Oct 2014 to 08 Nov 2014
2015
2016
1. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New York, USA
  10 Dec 2016 to 10 Mar 2017
2017
2019
1. 21 Jul 2019 to 12 Oct 2019
2020
1. The Fifties Show,Works of Indian Modernism, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New Delhi, India
  01 Feb 2020 to 31 Oct 2020
2021
1. Ways of Seeing, Women Artists Women as Muse, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) at The Claridges, New Delhi, India
  12 Feb 2021 to 10 Apr 2021
2. Indian Blue: From Realism To Abstraction, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) at The Claridges, New Delhi, India
  10 Oct 2021 to 13 Dec 2021
2024
1. Madras Modern, Regionalism and Identity, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New Delhi, India
  02 Jun 2024 to 06 Jul 2024
2. Moulding Outlines - A Sculptural Survey, Akar Prakar at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi, India
  08 Oct 2024 to 25 Oct 2024

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Roy Chowdhury, Debiprosad (Artist). Art of D P Roy Chowdhury, 1988 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882685

1974
1. A Handbook of Sculptures, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1975
1. A Handbook of Bengal School, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1997
1. Major Trends in Indian Art, Curated by Rm. Palaniappan, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  25 Sep 1997 to 12 Oct 1997
2. 13 Dec 1997 to 24 Dec 1997
2001
1. 07 Aug 2001 to 14 Aug 2001
2003
1. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  29 Nov 2003 to 13 Dec 2003
2. Manifestations: Indian Art in the 20th Century, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at, World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India
  12 Nov 2003 to 19 Nov 2003
3. 19 Apr 2003 to 19 May 2003
2004
1. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  09 Aug 2004 to 21 Aug 2004
2. Manifestations II: Indian Art in the 20th Century, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  25 Jul 2004 to 31 Jul 2004
2005
1. Manifestations - III: 100 Artists from Delhi Art Gallery Collection, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
  06 Apr 2005 to 12 Apr 2005
2. Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  22 Apr 2005 to 27 Apr 2005
3. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  30 Apr 2005 to 14 May 2005
4. Revisualising India, from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  16 Aug 2005 to 02 Sep 2005
2006
1. The Osian Asian, an Exhibition from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  29 Jun 2006 to 19 Jul 2006
2007
1. An Historical Epic: India in the Making: Part II, from the Osian 's Archive Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  19 Jul 2007 to 26 Jul 2007
2008
1. Osian Asian II, An Exhibition from the Osians Archive & Library Collection, Curated by Neville Tuli, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
  03 Jul 2008 to 20 Jul 2008
2009
1. Jashn Osianama: 500 Years of Violence Non-Violence, from the Osian 's Archive & Library Collection, Curaed by Neville Tuli, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  20 Jun 2009 to 02 Jul 2009
2011
1. Manifestations V, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  18 Apr 2011 to 18 Jun 2011
2. Manifestations - VI: 75 Artists, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  24 Oct 2011 to 24 Dec 2011
2012
1. Manifestations VII: 75 Artists, 20th Century Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  26 Mar 2012 to 31 Jul 2012
2. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  25 Jan 2012 to 17 Mar 2012
2013
1. Indian Portraits, The Face of a People, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  01 Sep 2013 to 26 Oct 2013
2. Manifestations X: 75 Artists 20Th Century Indian Art, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  30 Dec 2013 to 08 Mar 2014
2014
1. Indian Portraits, The Face of a People, Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  29 Mar 2014 to 15 Jul 2014
2. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), Mumbai, India
  09 Oct 2014 to 08 Nov 2014
2015
2016
1. The Art of Bengal, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New York, USA
  10 Dec 2016 to 10 Mar 2017
2017
2019
1. 21 Jul 2019 to 12 Oct 2019
2020
1. The Fifties Show,Works of Indian Modernism, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New Delhi, India
  01 Feb 2020 to 31 Oct 2020
2021
1. Ways of Seeing, Women Artists Women as Muse, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) at The Claridges, New Delhi, India
  12 Feb 2021 to 10 Apr 2021
2. Indian Blue: From Realism To Abstraction, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) at The Claridges, New Delhi, India
  10 Oct 2021 to 13 Dec 2021
2024
1. Madras Modern, Regionalism and Identity, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), New Delhi, India
  02 Jun 2024 to 06 Jul 2024
2. Moulding Outlines - A Sculptural Survey, Akar Prakar at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi, India
  08 Oct 2024 to 25 Oct 2024

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Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art (Organiser) and Ganesh Haloi (Curator). Art of Bengal, 1997 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883543

Chronicled Highlights 51939 – 1997

Debiprosad Roy Chowdhury was born in 15 June 1899 in Tajhat, Rangpur, Undivided India | Present-day Bangladesh.

1939

Literary ReferencePainting

DeRivaz & Ives · Modern Indian Art of BengalOnline · 07 May 2022

Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury is known to the art world of India as a painter of decorative pictures, as a portraitist and as a sculptor….He was intrigued by the decorative qualities of painting and was not averse to Chinese & Japanese influences if they aided his purpose... If his women were decorative they were meant to be so. They were not intended to be manifestations of a spiritual ideal, but to frankly convey their human charm...

Roy Chowdhury, D.P. (Artist). Pujarin amid Temples, late 1930s | Painting

Selling price

INR8,40,000

Within estimate

Estimate

INR 6,00,000 – 9,00,000

Rate per sq in

INR 1,346

Medium

Watercolour wash on paper

Dimensions

33.2 × 18.8 in (84 × 48 cm)

Lot

2 · De.Onl/07.05.22

1950

Public Auction HighSculpture

Osian's · Indian Contemporary Art: Paintings, Drawings & SculptureMumbai · 09 February 2005

In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Bust Of Gandhiji (1950), 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 ₹10,35,000 ($23,717). 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.

Roy Chowdhury, D.P. (Artist). Bust Of Gandhiji, 1950 | Sculpture

Selling price

INR10,35,000

4% above high estimate

Estimate

INR 8,00,000 – 10,00,000

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

20.1 × 15 × 15.7 in (51 × 38 × 40 cm)

Lot

130 · Os.Mum/09.02.05

1951

Literary ReferencePainting

Osian's · India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and BooksMumbai · 24 February 2001

Roy Chowdhury, D.P. (Artist). Demon, early 1950s | Painting

Selling price

INR1,10,000

Below low estimate

Estimate

INR 2,00,000 – 2,50,000

Rate per sq in

INR 991

Medium

Watercolour and gouache

Dimensions

14.5 × 7.6 in (37 × 19 cm)

Lot

12 · Os.Mum/24.02.01

1961

Literary ReferencePainting

Osian's · Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary PaintingsMumbai · 05 December 2002

Between the two extreme poles of romanticism of the Bengal School and the drama of light and shade of the Rembrandt School, Deviprasad tried to find a synthesis, which apparently was impossible… Deviprasad had no fixed style of painting…he instead reveled in wielding his brush in a delicate, tenderly fashion more in the Japanese way of wash technique to bring out the delicacy of a misty atmosphere where we find a ruffled crow perching on the branch of a tree after being bitten by storm and rain. It is a unique example, a masterpiece where the technique has been made full use of in bringing out the life of the crow as well as the whole atmosphere. It is unthinkable, this delicacy of atmosphere could have been brought about by treating the subject in any other technique

Roy Chowdhury, D.P. (Artist). The Crane, early 1960s | Painting

Selling price

INR3,85,000

18% above high estimate

Estimate

INR 2,50,000 – 3,25,000

Rate per sq in

INR 921

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

17.1 × 24.4 in (44 × 62 cm)

Lot

19 · Os.Mum/05.12.02

1997

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First Auction Appearance | BOOK.AUCPainting

HEART · The Intuitive-Logic II: Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Sculpture & TapestryMumbai · 15 November 1997

On 15 November 1997, made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Approach of Spring was presented as Lot in The Intuitive-Logic II: Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Sculpture & Tapestry, conducted by HEART 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.

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