Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 25 May 1906
- Zodiac sign
- Gemini
- Date of Death
- 01 Aug 1980
- Age
- 74
- Place of Birth
- Jugipada, Bankura, West Bengal, India
- Place of Death
- Calcutta
- State Country of Birth
- West Bengal, India
1925
- Diploma in Fine Arts, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1925 – 1929
1930
- Appointed as an Assistant Teacher, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
- Member of Karusangh, An Association formed by eight Artists of Santiniketan, India
1931
- Works as an Art Teacher, Ushagram Missionary School, Asansol, India
1932
- Works as an Art Teacher in Modern School, New Delhi, India
1932 – 1933
1934
- Appointed as a Permanent Teacher in Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1940
- Makes an Outdoor Sculpture in cement titled Lamp Stand (274 CM) in front of old guest house. This is considered to be first piece of abstract sculpture in India
1947
- Member of the Visva Bharati Senate, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1951
- Promoted from Assistant Lecturer to Lecturer, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1954
- Appointed a Member of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1956
- Appointed President of Silpa-Katha ( A Study Circle on Art), Organised by the Teachers of Visva Bharati, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1968
- Promoted to the Temporary Post of a Professor in April for six months, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
- Participates in a Workshop on Graphic Art Organised by, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1969
- Appointed a Permanent Professor, a position in which he remains until his retirement
1976
- Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1979
- D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
Exhibitions
Chronicled Highlights
Economics of Art
Research Centre
Posts
Calendar 2
- 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 →
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