Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 22 Oct 1933
- Zodiac sign
- Libra
- Date of Death
- 24 Feb 2014
- Age
- 80
- Place of Birth
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India
- Place of Death
- Calcutta
- State Country of Birth
- West Bengal, India
1953
- Government College of Arts and Craft, Kolkata, India
1961
- Founder Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, India
1963
- Founder Member, Calcutta Painters, Kolkata, India
1968
- Founder Member, Calcutta Art Fair, Kolkata, India
1969
- French Governemnt Fellowship to visit France to study Museums of Art in France
1969 – 1970
1971
- Selected as Vice-President, Prayag Kala Samiti
Exhibitions
1955
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1956
- Studio Group, Kolkata, India
1958
- Studio Group, Kolkata, India
1959
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Kolkata, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1960
- Mahajati Sadan, Kolkata, India
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1961
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, India
1962
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Kolkata, India
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
1963
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- 8 Painters, Kolkata, India
1964
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1965
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1966
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1967
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1969
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1970
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Solo Exhibition, Paris, France
- Solo Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1971
- Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Solo Exhibition, New Delhi, India
1972
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1974
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
- Calcutta Painters, Mumbai, India
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1975
- Calcutta Painters, Mumbai, India
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1976
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Solo Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1977
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1955
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1959
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1960
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1964
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1967
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1969
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1970
- Solo Exhibition, Paris, France
- Solo Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1971
- Solo Exhibition, New Delhi, India
1974
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1976
- Solo Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1977
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1983
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1984
- Solo Exhibition, Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1988
- Solo Exhibition, Galier BF/14, Kolkata, India
1989
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
1992
- Solo Exhibition, Gandhara Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
- Solo Exhibition, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India
1993
- Solo Exhibition, Kolkata, India
- Solo Exhibition, L.T.G. Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1956
- Studio Group, Kolkata, India
1958
- Studio Group, Kolkata, India
1959
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Kolkata, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1960
- Mahajati Sadan, Kolkata, India
1961
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, India
1962
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Kolkata, India
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
1963
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- 8 Painters, Kolkata, India
1964
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
- Banga Sanskriti Sammelan, Mumbai, India
1965
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1966
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1969
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1970
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1971
- Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1972
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1974
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
- Calcutta Painters, Mumbai, India
1975
- Calcutta Painters, Mumbai, India
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
1976
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
1977
- Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1978
- Dialogue, Mumbai, India
1981
- U.P. State Lalit Kala Akademi, Lucknow, India
1984
- Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India
1985
- Calcutta Painters, New Delhi, India
- Commonwealth Art Exhibition, London, UK
1986
- Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
1987
- Dialogue, Mumbai, India
1988
- Group Exhibition, Galerie 88, Kolkata, India
1989
- Dhaka Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Calcutta Painters 25 Anniversary Show, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India
- Calcutta Three Hundred, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India
Chronicled Highlights
Economics of Art
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1966
- National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi
1970
- Rabindra Bharati University Award, Kolkata, India
1976
- Special Award, Maha Koshla Kala Parishad, Raipur, India
- Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India
1996
- All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, India
2000
- Abanindra Puraskar, Government of West Bengal, India
Research Centre
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- Tuli Research Centre for India Studies presents All Living Souls - Expressed in the Modern and Contemporary Fine & Popular Indian Arts Curated by Neville Tuli As part of launching the 16th Research Category for India Studies - "The Animal-Human-Nature-Continuum" we present a fascinating exhibition of modern and contemporary Indian fine and popular arts and their expression of the ideas and forms related to the dialogue between animals and humans, and the larger cosmic and spiritual thoughts which abide therein. Please visit the Exhibition and see the artworks by modern and contemporary masters such as Rabindranath Tagore, D.P. Roy Chowdhury, M.F. Husain, J. Swaminathan, J. Sultan Ali, Somnath Hore, Ganesh Pyne, Manjit Bawa, K. Laxma Goud, Krishna Reddy, Jyoti Bhatt, Rekha Rodwittiya, Amit Ambalal, among others, along with vintage and rare prints from the pioneering Indian chromolithographic presses such as Chitrashala, Ravi Varma, Calcutta Art Studio, Chore Bagan & Kansaripara.
- "What does 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷 truly mean? Is freedom achieved at a single historic moment or period, or must self-rule be continually imagined, questioned and renewed? India's journey towards Swaraj was shaped not by one voice or one path, but through reform and resistance, revolution and non-violence, political thought, public protest, art, print, photography, cinema and the collective will of its people. The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝: 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, a pioneering exhibition curated by Neville Tuli. Bringing together rare artworks, prints, photographs, books, film publicity art, political propaganda and visual-textual-audio archives, SWARAJ traces India's complex journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery. From early European coastal encounters, the Bengal Renaissance and the First War of Independence in 1857 to the rise of Bharat Mata, the Tiranga, Gandhiji's inspired satyagraha, civil disobedience and mass mobilisation, the exhibition explores how the idea of India was envisioned, contested and transformed. It journeys through revolutionary movements and non-violence, subaltern uprisings, the Partition, the Constitution, the integration of the Princely States, the Emergency, wars, civic dissent and people's protests. It also foregrounds the vital role of artists, photographers, publishers, newspapers, journals, cartoons and cinema in recording and shaping the nation's political consciousness. SWARAJ invites us to encounter history not as something distant or settled, but as a daily living inheritance that continues to influence who we are and how we understand freedom, identity, and ourselves today. Watch the video for a glimpse into this expansive visual journey, and follow the exhibition as it revisualises India's political history through art, image, text and sound.
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- ArchivedOpening PreviewProject 82SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th August 20266:00 PM - 9:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 81SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th - 19th August 202610:00 AM - 7:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,19The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →