Government College of Art & Craft

The school opened on 16 August 1854 at Garanhata as a private art school. The school was shifted to the building of Mutty Lall Seal in Colootola in November 1854. In 1859, Garick joined as Head Teacher. In 1864, it was taken over by the government and on 29 June 1864, Henry Hover Locke joined as its principal. It was soon renamed as the Government School of Art. Locke made a comprehensive scheme of Curriculum of studies for the institution. The venue of the school was shifted to 166, Bowbazar Street in the 1880s. After the death of Locke on 25 December 1885 M. Schaumburg became the new principal. A new post of Assistant Principal was created, and on 29 January 1886, an Italian artist O. Ghilardi joined the post. In February 1892, the institute was shifted to its present site adjacent to the Indian Museum. After the death of its principal, Jobbins Ernest Binfield Havel joined the school as its principal on 6 July 1896. an agenda that was to be pursued at the Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. Mukul Dey as principal On 11 July 1928, Mukul Chandra Dey became the principal. In October 1931, it started its quarterly magazine, Our Magazine, which published the reproductions of the works of its students and the faculty. Mukul Dey was the Principal of the institute till 1943. Chintamoni Kar as principal For a long period in the 60s and 70s, it was headed by Chintamoni Kar, who was appointed Principal on 1 August 1956. ==Department==

===Painting=== • Drawing • Portrait Making • Life Study • Antique Study • Still Life • Composition • Mural • Print Making • Sketch ===Indian painting=== • Drawing • Life Study • Mural • Composition • Museum Study • Nature Study • Copy from Old Masters • Print Making • Sketch ===Modelling & Sculpture=== • Life Study • Head Study • Portrait • Composition • Moulding and Casting (Bronze and Fibreglass casting) • Stone Carving • Direct Plaster • Clay Modelling • Wood Carving • Terracotta • Repousse (embossing) • Mixed Media ===Graphic Design / Applied Art=== • Drawing • Sketch • Advertising • Print & Electronic Media • 3-D Design • Typography • Out-of-Home Advertisement • Illustration • Print Making • Photography • Audio Visual Media ===Textile Design=== • Weaving • Printing (Block Printing, Screen Printing and others) • Dyeing (Tie and Dye, Batik, etc.) • Design • Drawing • Life Study • Sketch ===Ceramic Art & Pottery=== • Designing • Finishing • Glazing • Firing • Ceramic Mural • Ceramic Sculpture • Functional and Expressional Pottery Drawing ===Design: Wood and leather=== • Design and Execution in Wood and Leather • Mixed Media Composition • Water Colour • Oil Colour • Mixed Media • Object Drawing • Life Drawing • Sketch • Painting • Mural • Wooden Sculpture • Interior Design ===Printmaking=== • Relief Process: Lino or Traditional Wood Surface • Planographic: Lithography • Intaglio: Etching • Stencil: Silk Screen • Computer Graphics and Digital Printing ==Alumni==

: See also: Government College of Art & Craft alumni Notable alumni of this institute include Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Kisory Roy, Lain Singh Bangdel, Hemchandra Kanungo, Atul Bose, Annada Munsi, Somnath Hore, Rajen Tarafdar, Manu Munsi, Jainul Abedin, Hemen Majumdar, Shanu Lahiri, Ganesh Pyne, Ganesh Haloi, Sunil Das, Samir Mondal, Jogen Chowdhury, Sudip Roy, Pulak Biswas, Ananta Mandal, Paresh Maity, Sanatan Dinda, Biman Bihari Das. == See also ==