- Prokash Karmakar, an eminent painter died on 24 February 2014 following age-related illness.
- He was 81.
- His paintings reflected the degenerating society and the confusion that prevails in modern India.
- Karmakar was influenced by the works of Picasso and other impressionists of the 19th century Impressionism movement.
- The term impressionist was coined by Louis Leroy, a French art critic in 1874 based upon the painting impression, Sunrise on Monet’s painting.
- This term was created to define loose, undefined and unfinished style that was used by Monet and several other artists.
About Prokash Karmakar
• His works are a part of famous galleries like Lalit Kala Akademi in Lucknow and Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Academy of fine Arts in Kolkata
• He started holding street exhibitions in 1956, which brought him into the limelight his and his first exhibition was held in 1959 on the railings of Indian Museum, Calcutta
• He was born in 1933, Kolkata (then Calcutta)
Awards won by Karmakar
• In 1968, he won Lalit Kala Akademi National Award
• In 1970, he won Rabindra Bharati University Award
• In 1976, he won Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
• In 1996, he won AIFACS Award
• In 2000, the West Bengal government awarded him with Abanindra Puroskar
• His works are a part of famous galleries like Lalit Kala Akademi in Lucknow and Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Academy of fine Arts in Kolkata
• He started holding street exhibitions in 1956, which brought him into the limelight his and his first exhibition was held in 1959 on the railings of Indian Museum, Calcutta
• He was born in 1933, Kolkata (then Calcutta)
Awards won by Karmakar
• In 1968, he won Lalit Kala Akademi National Award
• In 1970, he won Rabindra Bharati University Award
• In 1976, he won Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta
• In 1996, he won AIFACS Award
• In 2000, the West Bengal government awarded him with Abanindra Puroskar
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