Contours & Volumes
September 24 - October 23, 2013 at NGMA, Mumbai
Sarbari Roy Choudhury (1933 – 2012)
Born Ulpur, East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Graduated in Sculpture from the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta and Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda.
During his study tour in Europe Roy Choudhury visited Paris and Italy, and was able to meet two great masters, Alberto Giacometti and Ossip Zadkine, who appreciated his small bronzes. He studied sculpture at the Academia dei Belle Arti, Florence, Italy, interacting with Marino Marini, Henry Moore. Back in India, he joined the Department of Sculpture at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He was a Connoisseur of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music and collected rare albums and recordings.
He has participated in the Paris Biennale in 1965. has been shown widely in India by major art galleries and under the Ministry of Culture along with the Lalit Kala Akademi in 2012, and in 2013 at the Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
His works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and at The Madam Shenue Museum, Florence, Italy and in many private collections across the world.
A major publication on his work was released by the Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, India in 2008.
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Kiss | Bronze | 7.5 x 4 x 3.5 in | 1975
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Ram Kinkar Baij | Bronze | 11.5 x 9 x 10 in | 1964
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Self Portrait II | 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 in | 1951
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Self Portrait II | 5 x 3 x 3 in | 1951
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Siddheswari Devi | Bronze | 12 x 13 x 10 in | 1973
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Ustad Akbar Ali Khan | Bronze | 3 x 10.5 x 9 in | 1967
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | tying her Hair | Bronze | 11 x 5 x 3.5 in | 1980
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Woman gazing at the Moon | Bronze | 8.5 x 3.5 x 3 in | 1993
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Reclining woman | Bronze | 35 x 43 x 19.5 in | 1977
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Mother & child | Bronze | 7.5 x 2.5 x 2 in | 1952
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Tutu | Bronze | 1.5 x 6.5 x 6 in | 1950
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Skipping | Bronze | 34 x 24.5 x 8.5 in | 1996
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Torso | Bronze | 8 x 8.5 x 3.5 in | 1964
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Torso | Bronze | 11 x 11 x 6 in
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Torso | Bronze | 14 x 23.5 x 10 in | 2007
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Hanuman Flying with Gandhamadan | Bronze | 12.5 x 17 x 4.5 in | 1995
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | Bronze | 11 x 9.5 x 13 in | 1971
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Seated woman - 2 | Bronze | 8 x 4.5 x 3.5 in | 1987
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Reclining woman | Bronze | 1975
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Down to her Knees | Bronze | 11.5 x 6 x 3 in | 1963
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Gururdev | Bronze | 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 in | 1951
Sarbari Roy Choudhary | Head | Bronze | 8.5 x 4.5 x 2 in | 1994