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Somnath Maity is an Indian artist, known for his oil paintings of urban landscapes.

Biography

Born 1960 at Midnapore

Midnapore

Midnapore is the district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River . This area had taken a pioneering role in India's freedom struggle...

, West Bengal. Somenath studied at the College of Visual Art under the guidance of Shuvaprasanna

Shuvaprasanna

Shuvaprasanna is an Indian artist, born in Kolkata in 1947. He graduated from the Indian College of Arts in 1969. He was an active member of the 'Calcutta Painters' group. He married to artist Shipra Bhattacharya....

. He had done a diploma in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Art, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

in 1980-85. He has held his solo shows at Kolkata, Mumbai

Mumbai

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, Bangalore

Bangalore

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and New Delhi

New Delhi

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. His works has also been exhibited in Germany, Sweden and UK. He has received several awards and scholarships including the AIFACS award and scholarship in 1995-02, Birla Academy Award and a Senior Fellowship from the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India in 2002. He lives and works near Kolkata.

Reception

Maity is well-known as an oil painter across India, whether judged by his appearances in national newspapers or by the number of galleries offering his works for sale.

National newspapers

Maity is treated as a major modern artist by national newspapers in India:

The Hindu: Painting sculptures Aruna Chandaraju. July 21, 2010. "Somenath Maity interprets the urban sprawl of Kolkata in his many paintings and his untitled canvas offers a slice of that cityscape with elements like a gateway and cross-bar railings, in rich, layered colours." - feature article in one of India's leading national newspapers.

The Hindu: Forms and figures October 30, 2008.

India Today In the City. Bangalore. October 1, 2008. "a massive show featuring masters and big names like S.G. Vasudev, Somenath Maity, Basukinath Dasgupta and G Subramaniam"

Mid Day: Delhi Be cause. Navdeep Kaur Marwah. October 13, 2008. "Curated by Gautam Kar, this ongoing group show has on display works of several experienced artists like ... Somenath Maity and Thota Vaikuntham among others. "We have selected those artists for the show who have been in this field for over 15 years, as they bring with them the experience and the seriousness that we required," says Isha Singh, owner of Art Laureate."

Art galleries

Maity's work is exhibited, reviewed, and sold at many art galleries across India:

Profile of Somenath Maity on SaffronArt "Recognized today as one of Bengal's important new emerging painters, Maity has already exhibited his works at many major Indian and European galleries. He has won awards and scholarships from most of the major Indian fine art institutions, including the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, the Birla Academy and the IAAI. With several one-man exhibitions in India and abroad to his credit, including shows in Germany Sweden and the United Kingdom, his paintings also enjoy pride of place in prestigious permanent collections like those of the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Fukuoka Museum in Japan and also in several corporate and private collections all over the world."

Art Alive Gallery: Investing in Art recommends "To start, one should invest in large works of younger artists or buy drawings or small works of established artists that suit small budgets. Here are some investment options for a new investor in art at different levels ... Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 100,000 - buy Nupur Kundu, Somenath Maity, Partha Shaw, T.M. Aziz, Ravi Kumar Kashi, Sanjiv Sonpimpare"

Maity's paintings are for sale or exhibited at sites such as:

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