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Somnath Hore

Somnath Hore

Ariesb. Barama, Chittagong, Undivided India | Present-day Bangladeshd. Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

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Introduction

Zodiac sign
Aries
Age
85
Place of Birth
Barama, Chittagong, Undivided India | Present-day Bangladesh
Place of Death
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Spouse(s)
Reba hore
Children
Daughter chandana hore
State Country of Birth
Undivided India | Present-day Bangladesh
State Country of Death
West Bengal, India

  1. 1945

    1. Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, India (incomplete education)

  1. 1954

    1. Lecturer, Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship, Kolkata, India

      1954 – 1958

  2. 1958

    1. In-charge, Graphic Section, College of Art, New Delhi, India

      1958 – 1967

    2. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Fine Art, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India

      1958 – 1967

    3. Visiting Professor, Graphic Arts Department, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

      1958 – 1967

    4. Member, Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, India

      1958 – 1967

  3. 1979

    1. Elected Member of the General Council, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India

  4. 1984

    1. Professor Emeritus, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1960

    1. Lugano International Graphics Biennale, Switzerland

  2. 1962

    1. Print Biennale Tokyo, Japan
    2. Venice Biennale, Italy

  3. 1963

    1. Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil

  4. 1968

    1. Biennale of Graphic Arts, Warsaw, Poland
    2. Kolkata, India
    3. First Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India

  5. 1979

    1. Somnath Hore Sculpture, Art Heritage, New Delhi, India

  6. 1980

  7. 1982

    1. Group Show, Art Heritage, New Delhi, India

  8. 1984

  9. 1985

  10. 1986

    1. Visions, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, India

  11. 1987

  12. 1991

    1. National Exposition of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India

  13. 1992

    1. 04 Jan 1992 to 24 Jan 1992

  14. 1993

    1. Wounds, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, India
    2. Wounds, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India

  15. 1995

    1. Masterworks Collection of E. Alkazi, Art Heritage, New Delhi, India
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  1. All Living Souls
    All Living Souls
    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.
    2_FineArts4_PopCulture16_Continuum
    A.L. SyedAbanindranath TagoreAmit AmbalalAmitava DasAnita DubeBenode Behari MukherjeeBhupen P. KhakharBireshwar Sen+37 more
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  1. All Living Souls
    ArchivedExhibitionProject 79
    All Living Souls
    Expressed in Modern & Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts | Curated by Neville Tuli
    6th - 11th May 2026
    10:30am - 7:30pm
    Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
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  2. All Living Souls
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    All Living Souls
    Expressed in Modern & Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts | Curated by Neville Tuli
    5th May 2026
    6:00pm - 9:00pm
    Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
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