Biren De

Biren De was born in Faridpur, in the Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh) on 8 October 1926. He relocated to Kolkata along with his family and joined the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata in 1944 for his graduate studies but did not accept the graduate diploma, citing a rift with the then college principal. Returning to India, he joined the College of Art, Delhi, in 1952, as a member of their faculty and stayed at the job till 1963. He died on 12 March 2011, at the age of 84. == Exhibitions ==

List of selected exhibitions: • Salon de Mai, Paris - 1951 • Freemasons Hall, New Delhi. - 1952 • All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) - 1953, 54 and 56 • Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi - 1953 and 64 • Mainichi Biennale, Tokyo - 1959 and 61 • Contemporary Art from India, Museum Folkwang, Essen - 1960 • São Paulo Biennale, Brazil - 1961 • Venice Biennale, Italy - 1962 • Ten Contemporary Indian Painters, Cambridge–MIT Institute - 1965 • Hayward Gallery, London - 1966 • Pittsburgh International Show, USA - 1967 • International Triennale India, New Delhi - 1968, 71, 75, 78 and 82 • Contemporary Indian Painting exhibition, Washington DC - 1971 • Contemporary Indian Painting exhibition, Pasadena - 1971 • Contemporary Indian Painting exhibition, - Toronto 1971 • Chanakya Gallery, New Delhi - 1971 • Contemporary Indian Art, USSR - 1972 • Contemporary Indian Art, Greece - 1972 • 25 Years of Indian Art, New Delhi - 1972 • 25 Years of Indian Art, Bombay - 1972 • 25 Years of Indian Art, Madras - 1972 • Sydney Biennale, Australia - 1973 • Contemporary Indian Painting, Washington DC - 1973 • Contemporary Indian Painting, Los Angeles - 1973 • Contemporary Indian Painting, Toronto - 1973 • Gallery Chemould, Bombay - 1973 • Gallery Chemould, Bombay - 1974 • Indian Painting Today, Belgium - 1973 • Indian Painting Today, Yugoslavia - 1973 • Indian Painting Today, Bulgaria - 1973 • Indian Painting Today, Belgium - 1974 • Indian Painting Today, Yugoslavia - 1974 • Indian Painting Today, Bulgaria - 1974 == See also ==