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Chintamoni Kar
Indian sculptor (1915–2005)
Chintamoni Kar (19 April 1915 – 3 October 2005) was a renowned[2] British-Indian sculptor.
Chintamoni Kar - ARTIANA
He received civilian awards from the Indian and French governments and won an Olympic silver medal on behalf of Great Britain.[1]
Personal life and studies
Born on 19 April 1915 in Kharagpur, West Bengal,[3] Kar trained at the Indian Society of Oriental Art run by Abanindranath Tagore.
He was taught to sculpt by Giridhari Mahapatra and Victor Giovanelli.[4]
Kar moved to Paris in 1938 where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before moving back to India.[5]
Chintamoni Kar was married to Amina Ahmed Kar, who was herself an artist, and her works were largely non-figurative and abstract.
The couple had one child. Both members of his family died before Chintamoni, who died on 3 October 2005 in a private hospital at the age of 90.[2]
Style and career
Kar sculpted Chintamoni Kar - Wikipedia QEFU