Asu Dev আশু দেব | |
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Born | Ashutosh Deb December 13, 1917 13 December 1917
Dhubri, Assam, India |
Died | February 6, 1983 | (aged 65)
Education | Cotton Collegiate H.S School, Guwahati |
Known for | Painter, sculptor, art Educator |
Children | Anutosh Deb (son) |
Parent(s) | Kadambini Deb, Umesh Chandra Deb |
Website |
artofasudev |
Asu Dev (আশু দেব), born as Ashutosh Deb Dhubri, Assam, India (13 December 1917 – 6 February 1983) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a pioneer artist of Assam. He was a painter, sculptor and an Art Educator. During his lifetime he had worked as a Textile Designer in several Cotton Mills in Jessore and Khulna in Bangladesh, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata, at the Janata College Titabor Assam and Assam Textile Institute Guwahati, Assam [6] and at Weavers Training Centre in Dimapur Nagaland in the later part of his life. His distinguished style of painting, were he had experimented using fine and minute dots often like modern pixels, which was often addressed by art critics as pointillism. Asu Dev was a self taught artist [7] [8] who created his artworks from minute observation of the Nature and the working class, and his innate exposure to Srimanta Sankardeva the 15th–16th century Assamese saint-scholar, poet, playwright, artist and social-religious reformer. The miniature paintings from the Chitra Bhagawata and the traditional folk arts and culture of the region, becoming the prime subjects of his paintings. During his career spanning about fifty years of Artistic career dating to the 1930s, he had created around 180 Art works, mostly paintings, oil on canvas, water colour tempara, textile designs and motifs, illustrations, sketches, drawings and a few sculptures. In 1952, Asu Dev was among the first artists to hold, one man show in Assam.
Asu Dev passed away on 6 February 1983 in Guwahati Assam India, at the age of 65.
Asu Dev was born to Kadambini Deb and Umesh Chandra Deb [9] in Dhubri Assam. Umesh Chandra Deb, worked as a 'Revenue Shrestadar' (শেরেস্তাদার) in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner Guwahati. Umesh Chandra Deb, [10] was also a research scholar on Srimanta Sankardeva and had published a Bengali publication on Sankardeva in 1327 (Bengali calendar) i.e.1920. Asu Dev was the third son of a family of five brothers and three sisters. Asu Dev studied in the Cotton Collegiate H.S. School in Guwahati, and later took up the profession of textile designer in different Mills in India and Bangladesh. He joined the Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati for a some time. Asu Dev's family resided in their ancestral house at Md. Shah Road, Newfield (West) Guwahati 781008 Assam India, till 2003.
Asu Dev had also appeared in stage plays with the local drama groups. His famous plays were 'Tasher Desh', 'Mastermosai' etc. The performances were staged in Guwahati, Titabor, Tezpur and Shillong.
1983 & 1989 : State Art Gallery Guwahati organised by The Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Government of Assam India, and Gauhati Artists' Guild Guwahati in collaboration with Asu Dev's family.
2007: Held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra Guwahati, Assam India, in collaboration with Asu Dev's family.
2017: The Centenary Retrospective was held at Gallery 1 & 2 Gauhati Artists Guild, Guwahati, Assam India. [14] [15] Organised by Gauhati Artists' Guild in collaboration with Asu Dev Art Foundation.
Private Collectors in India: Bengaluru, Duliajan, Sibsagar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Dimapur, New Delhi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
Private Collectors outside India: Soviet Union, U.K and USA
Asu Dev married Bela Deb (বেলা দেব) (Bela Palit) on 5 June 1951, in Shillong, then Assam. Bela Deb, was educated in Patha Bhavana , Kalabhavana and Sangeet Bhavana, Visvabharati Santiniketan West Bengal India and joined the Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati Assam India, as a Textile Designer and retired in the same post in 1991.
Asu Dev's only son, Anutosh Deb, [16] [17] is a Graduate in Applied Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat India, and is working as an Art Educator with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and is presently posted in Guwahati. Asu Dev's daughter in law, Tulirekha Deb, [18] is a graduate in Fine Arts (Painting) from Kala Bhavana Viswabharati Santiniketan, West Bengal, and is an Art Educator presently working with Royal Global School, Guwahati Assam India. Asu Dev's grand daughter Anurekha Deb, is a Masters in Visual Arts from Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, after graduating in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat India.
1982: 25th Rongali Bihu Celebrations, Guwahati Bihu Sanmilani, Latasil, Guwahati Assam India [19]
Asu Dev was hospitalized when he felt some discomfort and complained of chest pain, and was admitted in the Gauhati Nursing Home, Bharalumukh, Guwahati Assam at 9 PM on the night of February 5, 1983. He expired due to a sudden cardiac arrest at 6:35 AM on February 6, 1983. He was cremated as per the Hindu rites at the Bhoothnath Crematorium, Guwahati. His funeral was attended by family members, fellow Artists, students, and well wishers. Asu Dev was 65 at the time of his demise.
The Asu Dev Art Scholarship [20] has been initiated by the family members of the artist from the Centenary year 2016. Through the non profit trust 'Asudev Art Foundation'. The annual scholarship will award one student domicile of Assam, pursuing Masters in Fine Arts at the Post Graduate Level, enrolled as a regular student in any UGC & Government of India recognized Fine Art College/University in India, and outside the State of Assam.
The 'Asu Dev Art Scholarship carries a Memento, a certificate and one time financial grant of ₹ 50,000 only to one applicant, through a process of selection by a constituted jury nominated by the Trustees of the Asu Dev Art Foundation.
2017: Seemanta Bhagawati
2018: Debangona Paul [21]
The Asu Dev Centenary Retrospective 2017 [22] was organised by Gauhati Artists' Guild in collaboration with Asu Dev Art Foundation, from 13 December to 27 December 2017 in Gallery 1 & 2 of Gauhati Artists Guild, Guwahati Assam India. The First Asudev Art Scholarship was also presented to Seemanta Bhagawati a final year student of Kala Bhavana Santiniketan pursuing MFA Graphics.
Some of Asu Dev's notable works [23] include The Wake c.1948, The Cage c.1958, Harijan c.1966, Humanity Uprooted c.1968, Symphony c.1973, Life Moves on c.1973, Night Awake c.1978, The Contenders c.1978, The Hunt c.1978, Birth of a New Rhythm c.1981, Shadow of Life c.1981, and early water colour tempara, have the pixel effects whereas other canvasses had bold strokes and dabs as in The Birth of a new life c.1962, Virginity c.1964, On the way to work c.1964, The Silent flutter c.1965, My Comrade c.1966, A lazy evening on the Brahmaputra c.1966 are among the few oil on canvas paintings [24] art works documented and photographed at Asu Dev Art Foundation. [25] A permanent gallery has been set up privately by the family for display of ASUDEV's artworks, and is open for public viewing on appointment. The gallery is situated at Kalpana Enclave, House No. 45, Barthakur Mill Road Ulubari Guwahati 781007 Assam, India.
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Asu Dev আশু দেব | |
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Born | Ashutosh Deb December 13, 1917 13 December 1917
Dhubri, Assam, India |
Died | February 6, 1983 | (aged 65)
Education | Cotton Collegiate H.S School, Guwahati |
Known for | Painter, sculptor, art Educator |
Children | Anutosh Deb (son) |
Parent(s) | Kadambini Deb, Umesh Chandra Deb |
Website |
artofasudev |
Asu Dev (আশু দেব), born as Ashutosh Deb Dhubri, Assam, India (13 December 1917 – 6 February 1983) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a pioneer artist of Assam. He was a painter, sculptor and an Art Educator. During his lifetime he had worked as a Textile Designer in several Cotton Mills in Jessore and Khulna in Bangladesh, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata, at the Janata College Titabor Assam and Assam Textile Institute Guwahati, Assam [6] and at Weavers Training Centre in Dimapur Nagaland in the later part of his life. His distinguished style of painting, were he had experimented using fine and minute dots often like modern pixels, which was often addressed by art critics as pointillism. Asu Dev was a self taught artist [7] [8] who created his artworks from minute observation of the Nature and the working class, and his innate exposure to Srimanta Sankardeva the 15th–16th century Assamese saint-scholar, poet, playwright, artist and social-religious reformer. The miniature paintings from the Chitra Bhagawata and the traditional folk arts and culture of the region, becoming the prime subjects of his paintings. During his career spanning about fifty years of Artistic career dating to the 1930s, he had created around 180 Art works, mostly paintings, oil on canvas, water colour tempara, textile designs and motifs, illustrations, sketches, drawings and a few sculptures. In 1952, Asu Dev was among the first artists to hold, one man show in Assam.
Asu Dev passed away on 6 February 1983 in Guwahati Assam India, at the age of 65.
Asu Dev was born to Kadambini Deb and Umesh Chandra Deb [9] in Dhubri Assam. Umesh Chandra Deb, worked as a 'Revenue Shrestadar' (শেরেস্তাদার) in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner Guwahati. Umesh Chandra Deb, [10] was also a research scholar on Srimanta Sankardeva and had published a Bengali publication on Sankardeva in 1327 (Bengali calendar) i.e.1920. Asu Dev was the third son of a family of five brothers and three sisters. Asu Dev studied in the Cotton Collegiate H.S. School in Guwahati, and later took up the profession of textile designer in different Mills in India and Bangladesh. He joined the Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati for a some time. Asu Dev's family resided in their ancestral house at Md. Shah Road, Newfield (West) Guwahati 781008 Assam India, till 2003.
Asu Dev had also appeared in stage plays with the local drama groups. His famous plays were 'Tasher Desh', 'Mastermosai' etc. The performances were staged in Guwahati, Titabor, Tezpur and Shillong.
1983 & 1989 : State Art Gallery Guwahati organised by The Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Government of Assam India, and Gauhati Artists' Guild Guwahati in collaboration with Asu Dev's family.
2007: Held at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra Guwahati, Assam India, in collaboration with Asu Dev's family.
2017: The Centenary Retrospective was held at Gallery 1 & 2 Gauhati Artists Guild, Guwahati, Assam India. [14] [15] Organised by Gauhati Artists' Guild in collaboration with Asu Dev Art Foundation.
Private Collectors in India: Bengaluru, Duliajan, Sibsagar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Dimapur, New Delhi, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
Private Collectors outside India: Soviet Union, U.K and USA
Asu Dev married Bela Deb (বেলা দেব) (Bela Palit) on 5 June 1951, in Shillong, then Assam. Bela Deb, was educated in Patha Bhavana , Kalabhavana and Sangeet Bhavana, Visvabharati Santiniketan West Bengal India and joined the Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati Assam India, as a Textile Designer and retired in the same post in 1991.
Asu Dev's only son, Anutosh Deb, [16] [17] is a Graduate in Applied Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat India, and is working as an Art Educator with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and is presently posted in Guwahati. Asu Dev's daughter in law, Tulirekha Deb, [18] is a graduate in Fine Arts (Painting) from Kala Bhavana Viswabharati Santiniketan, West Bengal, and is an Art Educator presently working with Royal Global School, Guwahati Assam India. Asu Dev's grand daughter Anurekha Deb, is a Masters in Visual Arts from Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, after graduating in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat India.
1982: 25th Rongali Bihu Celebrations, Guwahati Bihu Sanmilani, Latasil, Guwahati Assam India [19]
Asu Dev was hospitalized when he felt some discomfort and complained of chest pain, and was admitted in the Gauhati Nursing Home, Bharalumukh, Guwahati Assam at 9 PM on the night of February 5, 1983. He expired due to a sudden cardiac arrest at 6:35 AM on February 6, 1983. He was cremated as per the Hindu rites at the Bhoothnath Crematorium, Guwahati. His funeral was attended by family members, fellow Artists, students, and well wishers. Asu Dev was 65 at the time of his demise.
The Asu Dev Art Scholarship [20] has been initiated by the family members of the artist from the Centenary year 2016. Through the non profit trust 'Asudev Art Foundation'. The annual scholarship will award one student domicile of Assam, pursuing Masters in Fine Arts at the Post Graduate Level, enrolled as a regular student in any UGC & Government of India recognized Fine Art College/University in India, and outside the State of Assam.
The 'Asu Dev Art Scholarship carries a Memento, a certificate and one time financial grant of ₹ 50,000 only to one applicant, through a process of selection by a constituted jury nominated by the Trustees of the Asu Dev Art Foundation.
2017: Seemanta Bhagawati
2018: Debangona Paul [21]
The Asu Dev Centenary Retrospective 2017 [22] was organised by Gauhati Artists' Guild in collaboration with Asu Dev Art Foundation, from 13 December to 27 December 2017 in Gallery 1 & 2 of Gauhati Artists Guild, Guwahati Assam India. The First Asudev Art Scholarship was also presented to Seemanta Bhagawati a final year student of Kala Bhavana Santiniketan pursuing MFA Graphics.
Some of Asu Dev's notable works [23] include The Wake c.1948, The Cage c.1958, Harijan c.1966, Humanity Uprooted c.1968, Symphony c.1973, Life Moves on c.1973, Night Awake c.1978, The Contenders c.1978, The Hunt c.1978, Birth of a New Rhythm c.1981, Shadow of Life c.1981, and early water colour tempara, have the pixel effects whereas other canvasses had bold strokes and dabs as in The Birth of a new life c.1962, Virginity c.1964, On the way to work c.1964, The Silent flutter c.1965, My Comrade c.1966, A lazy evening on the Brahmaputra c.1966 are among the few oil on canvas paintings [24] art works documented and photographed at Asu Dev Art Foundation. [25] A permanent gallery has been set up privately by the family for display of ASUDEV's artworks, and is open for public viewing on appointment. The gallery is situated at Kalpana Enclave, House No. 45, Barthakur Mill Road Ulubari Guwahati 781007 Assam, India.
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