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Anju Chaudhuri

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Anju Chaudhuri (Template:Lang-bn) (born 1944) is an Indian artist.

Chaudhuri grew up in a Bengali family. In India she was regularly exposed to Hindu history and numerous trips to the mountains and the sea. Chaudhuri discovered western Indian culture at University of Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts.

She then left for Europe, where she studied at Saint Martins School of Art in London and afterwards, the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. In Paris she was taught engraving by Stanley William Hayter.[1]

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,[2] at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, at the Fonds régional d'art contemporain and at the Musée de la Réunion.

The artist lives between Paris and her native country.

References

  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.