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Introduction

Date of Birth
05 Dec 1913
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Date of Death
30 Jul 1980
Age
66
Place of Birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
State Country of Birth
West Bengal, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1947

    1. All India Fine Art and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
  2. 1950

    1. Calcutta Group & Bombay Progressive Artists Group, No. 1 Chowringhee Terrace, Kolkata, India
  3. 1952

    1. Water Colours, 1 Chowringhee Terrace, Kolkata, India
  4. 1979

    1. Art of Bengal: Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
  5. 1987

    1. Retrospective, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
  6. 1992

    1. 28 Dec 1992 to 13 Jan 1993

  7. 1995

    1. 29 Aug 1995 to 10 Sep 1995

    2. 18 Oct 1995 to 10 Nov 1995

  8. 1996

    1. Modern Indian Paintings, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India

      14 Oct 1996 to 07 Nov 1996

  9. 1997

    1. 12 Aug 1997 to 17 Aug 1997

  10. 2003

    1. Manifestations, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at World Trade Center, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  11. 2004

    1. Manifestations II, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
  12. 2005

    1. Manifestations III, Organised by Delhi Art Gallery at Nehru Center, Mumbai and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
    2. Golden Jubilee: Spirit Set Free, Kumar Gallery Fifty Years, New Delhi, India

      28 Oct 2005 to 30 Dec 2005

    3. 03 Jan 2005 to 13 Jan 2005

  13. 2007

    1. Celebration 2007, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India

      25 Jan 2007 to 08 Feb 2007

  14. 2008

    1. Celebration 2008, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India

      25 Jan 2008 to 08 Feb 2008

  15. 2009

    1. Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works from the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hampstead
  16. 2010

    1. Celebration 2010, Kumar Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
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Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Paintings and Drawings by Late Gopal Ghose, 1992 | Solo Exhibition Invitation | 00859103
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Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Paintings and Drawings by Late Gopal Ghose, 1992 | Solo Exhibition Invitation | 00859103

Chronicled Highlights 81952 – 1999

Gopal Ghose was born in 1913 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

1952
Public Auction HighPainting
Osian's · The Masterpieces & ABC Series: Includes Indian Modern & Contemporary Art Books, Popular Culture & Pakistani Film PostersNew Delhi · 27 July 2007

In 2007, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1952), offered in the The Masterpieces & ABC Series: Includes Indian Modern & Contemporary Art Books, Popular Culture & Pakistani Film Posters by Osian's, which concluded on 27 July 2007 at New Delhi, achieving a sale price of ₹10,20,000 ($25,198). 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.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
Selling price
INR10,20,000
2% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 8,00,000 – 10,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 16,196
Medium
Watercolour and pastel on paper
Dimensions
9.4 × 6.7 in (24 × 17 cm)
Lot
82 · Os.Del/27.07.07
1955
Public Auction HighPainting
Osian's · India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and BooksMumbai · 24 February 2001

In 2001, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Mountainscape (1955), offered in the India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and Books by Osian's, which concluded on 24 February 2001 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹1,60,000 ($3,435). 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.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Mountainscape, mid 1950s | Painting
Selling price
INR1,60,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 1,75,000 – 2,25,000
Rate per sq in
INR 585
Medium
Watercolour
Dimensions
19.3 × 14.2 in (49 × 36 cm)
Lot
25 · Os.Mum/24.02.01
1960
Literary ReferenceDrawing
Osian's · India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and BooksMumbai · 24 February 2001

With a combination of contrasting colours he (Gopal Ghose) gave a new interpretation of light and shade — totally different from what we were accustomed to. We (the students at the CGAC) were endowed with a new kind of vision to which this familiar world of nature revealed herself as something new, full of poignant mystery.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Rural Landscape With Woman, 1960 | Drawing
Selling price
INR1,00,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 1,25,000 – 1,75,000
Rate per sq in
INR 486
Medium
Pastels on cardpaper
Dimensions
19 × 10.8 in (48 × 28 cm)
Lot
123 · Os.Mum/24.02.01
1961
Public Auction HighDrawing
Osian's · India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and BooksMumbai · 24 February 2001

In 2001, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Red Rose (1961), offered in the India: The Passionate Detachment: Curated Auctions of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and Books by Osian's, which concluded on 24 February 2001 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹1,75,000 ($3,757). 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.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Red Rose, early 1960s | Drawing
Selling price
INR1,75,000
Within estimate
Estimate
INR 1,25,000 – 1,75,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,261
Medium
Pastels on cardpaper
Dimensions
14.6 × 9.5 in (37 × 24 cm)
Lot
124 · Os.Mum/24.02.01
1962
Public Auction HighDrawing
Apparao Art · The Bengal Art Auction: Early and Current Art of the RegionOnline · 03 September 2006

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Landscape (1962), offered in the The Bengal Art Auction: Early and Current Art of the Region by Apparao Art, which concluded on 03 September 2006 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹9,73,500 ($20,963). 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.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Landscape, 1962 | Drawing
Selling price
INR9,73,500
982% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 70,000 – 90,000
Rate per sq in
INR 3,473
Medium
Pastel on paper
Dimensions
14 × 20 in (36 × 51 cm)
Lot
27 · AA.Onl/03.09.06
1964
Literary ReferenceDrawing
Osian's · Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary PaintingsMumbai · 05 December 2002

The mystery of Gopal Ghose’s recent art lies in the interplay of images born from the artist’s unconscious. In his boyhood spent in Shimla, Gopal Ghose grew up amidst an uninhibited feast of silent forms, the forms of Nature. Later, in Benaras, the lanes and byelanes, the inimitable and ancient river-front, and the temple bells cast indelible impressions on his memory. Still later, when he visited Jaipur, the granite beauty of colourful arid expanses left another set of impressions in striking contrast to the former ones., Again and later, the fast changing blues of the Madras sea added to this vast colourful treasury of formal experience. This mine of images is freely drawn upon, and takes significant form in his art to produce a new world of vision and design. In his recent works he uses softer and carefully controlled lines. The colour patterns are subdued and have a lyrical dreamy atmosphere.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Untitled, 1964 | Drawing
Selling price
INR1,43,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 1,50,000 – 2,25,000
Rate per sq in
INR 478
Medium
Pastel
Dimensions
15 × 20 in (38 × 51 cm)
Lot
134 · Os.Mum/05.12.02
1995
Retrospective ExhibitionSolo Exhibition Catalogue
Gopal Ghose · Gopal Ghose10 September 1995

In 1995, Gopal Ghose A Retrospective marked a major milestone in the exhibition history of Gopal Ghose, offering a retrospective survey of the artist's artistic production

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Gopal Ghose, 1995 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882257
1999
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First Auction Appearance | BOOK.AUCPainting
Bonhams · Modern and Contemporary Indian PaintingsLondon · 16 June 1999

On 16 June 1999, made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Banyan Tree was presented as Lot in Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings, conducted by Bonhams in London, UK. This auction marked the artist's first recorded appearance in the public auction market, establishing the earliest chapter of their auction history.

Ghose, Gopal (Artist). Banyan Tree, 1956 | Painting
Selling price
INR43,477
Within estimate
Estimate
INR 41,243 – 54,990
Rate per sq in
INR 182
Medium
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
Dimensions
12.8 × 18.7 in (33 × 48 cm)
Lot
66 · Bon.Lon/16.06.99

Economics of Art

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