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'''Anju Chaudhuri''' ({{langx|bn|অঞ্জু চৌধুরী}}) (born 1944) is an Indian [[artist]].


In [[Paris]] she was taught engraving by [[Stanley William Hayter]].<ref name="hayter">{{cite journal |last=Servan-Schreiber |first=Catherine |year=2007 |title=Dans le sillage d'Amrita Sher Gil. "L'école française" des peintres indiens |journal=Hommes et Migrations |volume=1268 |issue=1 |pages=217–223 |url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/homig_1142-852x_2007_num_1268_1_4651}}</ref>
'''Anju Chaudhuri''' ({{lang-bn|অঞ্জু চৌধুরী}}) grew up in an intellectual [[Bengali people|Bengali]] family who were very attached to tradition. From her earliest childhood, many different and formative experiences influenced her. Firstly in [[India]], where she was regularly exposed to [[History of Hinduism|Hindu history]] and numerous trips to the mountains and the sea. Before her culture shock upon arrival in the West, Chaudhuri discovered western Indian culture at the faculty of [[Fine Arts in Baroda]].


Chaudhuri's work is in the permanent collection of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London<ref name="v and a">{{cite web |title=Faruck un coup de vent |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174097/faruck-un-coup-de-vent-print-chaudhuri-anju/ |accessdate=13 October 2017}}</ref> and the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore|National Gallery of Modern Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ngmaindia.gov.in/collections-artist.asp?strLetter=C|title=National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi|website=ngmaindia.gov.in|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref>
She then left for Europe, where she studied at [[Saint Martins School of Art]] in [[London]] and afterwards, the [[Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris]]. Chaudhuri has experienced many different important and culturally diverse moments in time: London in the sixties; the magic of discovering Paris; her mentor and master, Hayter; May 68 in Paris; [[Amsterdam]] in the seventies. During this time, the artist traveled extensively between Europe and the sub continent.


==References==
Chaudhuri has exhibited in many shows in India, Europe and Japan. Her works are in public collections such as the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] in [[New Delhi]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in [[London]], at the [[Bronx Museum]] in [[New York City|New York]], at the [[Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain]] and at the [[Musée de la Réunion]].
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The artist lives between [[Paris]] and her native country.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://indianartnews01.blogspot.com/2007/02/pundole-gallery-bombay-presents-new.html ''Pundole Gallery Bombay'']
* [https://archive.today/20121129185226/http://indianartnews01.blogspot.com/2007/02/pundole-gallery-bombay-presents-new.html ''Pundole Gallery Bombay'']


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Latest revision as of 06:48, 22 October 2024

Anju Chaudhuri
অঞ্জু চৌধুরী
Born1944
NationalityIndian
OccupationIndian artist

Anju Chaudhuri (Bengali: অঞ্জু চৌধুরী) (born 1944) is an Indian artist.

In Paris she was taught engraving by Stanley William Hayter.[1]

Chaudhuri's work is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London[2] and the National Gallery of Modern Art.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Servan-Schreiber, Catherine (2007). "Dans le sillage d'Amrita Sher Gil. "L'école française" des peintres indiens". Hommes et Migrations. 1268 (1): 217–223.
  2. ^ "Faruck un coup de vent". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. ^ "National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi". ngmaindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
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