about rathin mitra

Date of Birth - July 26, 1926 ,Howrah,West Bengal, India
Father’s name - Rai Bahadur Jatindranath Mitra, M.A.B.L B.CS.
Mother’s name - Srimati Amiya Mitra ( Deb maiden name )
Spouse - Shrimati Amiya Mitra (Dey maiden name)
Children – Rina and Ratna (Daughters)
Grandson - Ishaan

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION OF RATHIN MITRA

1943 - Matriculated from St. John's School. Krishnagar West Bengal
1945 – 1948 - Studied at the Government School of Art (Now College)
(All through a Scholarship holder and securing ‘First’ position in the Class)
1949 - Elected as a Member in the Calcutta Group (the youngest member)

TAUGHT FINE ARTS IN SEVERAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN INDIA AND ABROAD

1949 - 1950 – Joined Daly College Indore as Art teacher
1950 – 1953 – Joined Lawrence School Sanawar as head of Art Department
1954 - 1955 – Joined St. Paul’s Darjeeling as head of Art Department
1955 - 1981 – Joined TheDoon School Dehradun as head of Art Department
1959 – Taught In Bryanstan Public School Dorset England ( on a teachers exchange program)

Art ACTIVITIES

1947 - Represented Modern Indian Art held in Burlington House London
1948 - Represented Modern Indian Art held in Singapore
1948 - Awarded Gold Medal, All India Fine Arts Exhibition held at Eden Gardens
1968 -Nominated as an Eminent Artist Member of the U.P. State Lalit Kala Academy
1980 - Served for four year in Executive Board at State Lalit Kala Academy - Uttar Pradesh
1980 -Elected unanimously to represent U.R State to the General Council - RashtriyaLalit Kala Academi - New Delhi
1984 - Acted one of the judges (Indian Section) 8thTriannaIe World Art

AWARDED FELLOWSHIP

1983 - Received Senior Fellowship form Government of India - Ministry of Education and Cultrue, New Delhi for Four Years 1983 -1987 to Document and Record in Line Drawings - The Changing Landscapes of Calcutta.
1987 - Received Senior Fellowship form University Grants Commission, New Education and Cultrue, New Delhi for three years 1987 – 1990 , to Document the Buildings in connection with the Rabindranath Tagore

MURALS

1971 - Executed one of the largest mural for Air-India The Glimpses of India (312 feet)at Nariman Point Building - Bombay
1973 - Executed 22 feet mural at I.T.D.C Hotel, Varanasi

DOCUMENTATION WORK

1975 -Documented 'Delhi Monuments for Delhi Tourism.Development Corporation.
1980 - Recorded entire Tehri Town in Line Drawings Sponsored by Tehri Dam Project.
1982 - Documented Historical Buildings - Religious places - Landmarks in Madhya Pradesh.
1982 - Documented 30 Buildings- 'Colonial style Architectural Buildings, Old Delhi - New Delhi.
1982 - Recorded 29 Buildings and Sites of Calcutta University form its inception.
1987 - Documentation works done on Indian Railways - Railways Buildings, Railway Institutes Platforms etc.
1989 - Documented Land-marks: Heritage Buildings of Gwalior.
1990 - Documented Land-marks of Hyderabad City (For 400 years Celebration).
1985 - Documented entire Fort William - Calcutta.
1986 - Documented Heritage Police Headquarters of Calcutta.
1990 - Documented 50 Landmarks of'Jhalawar'.
1996 - Documented Views of Kotah and recorded entire Fertilizer Plants of D.C.M.
2002 - Documented 100 places associated with Swami Vivekananda Bharat Parikrarna.
2002 - Documented Temples and other Landmarks of Garhwal (Uttaranchal).

ART EXHIBITION

41 Exhibitions (one man shows ) across India and Abroad. The first organized at Y.M.C.A.Chowringhee in 1949

One Man Shows

1949 - Chowranghee Y.M.C.A. (Young Men Christan Association)   - (Student Life) when my classmate were still at the school
1950 - Artistry house 15, Park street, Calcutta, Daly College (Boys)- (George A. Mann, America Consolate inaugrate the exhibition
1951 - Artistry house 15, Park street. calcutta, Sanawar school (Boys) Dr. H.C. Mukherjee, Governor of West Bengal inagurated the exhibition. Lady Protima mitter presided and general S.D. verma was the chief guest
1952 - Academy of fine arts Amritsar Sardar Thakur Singh organised and brigadere G.I.S. khullar inagurate the exhibition
1952 - Artistry House, 154, Park street
1953 - Modern high School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi General K.M. Cariappa inaugarated (Sanawar school boys)
1954
- Darjeeling Gymkhana club- Darjeeling W.B
1955 - Artistry house,15,Park Street Calcutta(St.Paul School)Art Exihibition(Lady Ranu Mookherjee inaugrated)
1956 - Ravinder Dhawal Memorial Hall,Doon School Dehradun.Sahensa of Iran and Queen Soraya inaugrated the exhibition.
1958 - (Doon School Art Exibition)Artistry House Park Street
1959 - S.S. Straithaird -P.O.Ship -Captain inaugrated(Art Exhibition)
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England
1960 - Grand Hotel,Calcutta-exhibited European paintings organised by Mr.Panchanan Mazumdar
1966 - Mr.K.S.Malik's home,4 Bhagwan Das Road,New Delhi.Organised by Baljit Malik.Very successful exhibition.All paintings sold out.
1967 - Indo-French Centre,Dehradun.Sponsored by A.S.T.E.F.
1968 - Information Centre Calcutta.Sponsored by Government of W.B.
1969 - Sridharani Art Gallery,New Delhi(Paintings displayed)
1969 - Two decades of Rathin Mitra's art-sponsored by the state Lalit Kala Academy Lal Baradari,Lucknow.Inaugurated by the education minister U.P.
1969 - Hakmans Hotel,Mussoorie.inaugurated by the chief Minister C.B.Gupta,Uttar Pradesh.
1970 - Rabindra Bhawan,Lalit Kala Akademy Foyer,New Delhi(sketches)
1972 - Kuala Lumpore ! at Jalan Syres-Organised by Mr. and Mrs.Dutta Sharma-Retd.Railway Doctor
1972 - International Hotel -Singapore
1972 - Indian Embassy Tokyo.
1973 - Roorkie University-Roorkie,U.P.
1983 - Chowringhee and its neighbourhood sketches displayed along with British artists at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Durbar Hall organised by Victoria Memorial Institution.Governor S.C.Sharma inaugurated the exhibition.Lady Ranoo was President of the trustee
1984 -Calcutta Book Fair(maidan)Organised by preservation of Indian Heritage.Mr.Nishit Ranjan Ray took the initiative.
1984 - at the Victoria Memorial premises(under the heading Calcutta past-present-future)in the present wing my works were only exhibited.Prime Minister,Sreemati Indira Gandhi inaugurated.
1986 - Calcutta Book Fair(Calcutta sketches)
1987 - at the Great Eastern Hotel-Balsam Hall.300 sketches of Calcutta.Organised by Shri Subash Chakraborty Mninster of tourism. inaugurated by the mayor of Calcutta Mr.Kamal Bose-Shri Kanti Biswas Education Minister was also present.
1989 - Calcutta then and now.Paintings exihibited at Ashutosh Centenary Hall,Indian Museum.Organised by I.T.Company Calcutta and Gallery Chemauld.Inaugurated by Ashok Mitra I.C.S.
1991 - at Jhalawar Festival,organised by MS Vasundhara Raje M.P.Inaugurated by Satrughan Sinha(Filmstar)at Jhalawar
1992 - In Balsam Hall-Great Eastern Hotel-on Guurudev Rabindranath Tagore.The places where he lived-worked-created and passed his last days.Governor Nurul Hasan inaugurated(W.B. Governor)(100 sketches)
1993 - exhibited ten drawings in each station of metro railway(Theme Calcutta-Landmarks around each station)Total 90 sketches displayed on the walls of nine station premises.Inauguration took place at Tollytgunge station.Shri Ajit Panja,Minister Coal inaugurated.Mr.Bijian chairman bengal Chamber of Commerce organised.
1994 - Swamiji's Bharat Parikrama(sketches)organised by the Asiatic Society,Calcutta.Inaugurated by the Mayor of Budapest.
1994 - Some paintings/drawings based on Gurudev Rabindranath's reminiscence displayed at the food stalls in the exihibition of Govt.W.B.Food stalls in the exihibition of Govt. W.B.Food Stall Counter
1995 - Calcutta Book Fair-Houses of Personalities
1996 - 300 prints views of Calcutta sketches displayed during celebration of Calcutta birthday at the ashutosh Centenary Hall.Indian Museum organised under the initiative of Director Shyamal Chakraborty.
19 - 30 drawings were displayed at the Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission institution.Sketches on Calcutta and Swamiji's Bharat Parikrama.100 Railway buildings organised by rail museum,New Delhi.inaugurated by First Lady of Railway board,New Delhi.
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England
1958 - (Doon School Art Exibition)Artistry House Park Street
1959 - S.S. Straithaird -P.O.Ship -Captain inaugrated(Art Exhibition)
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England
1958 - (Doon School Art Exibition)Artistry House Park Street
1959 - S.S. Straithaird -P.O.Ship -Captain inaugrated(Art Exhibition)
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England
1958 - (Doon School Art Exibition)Artistry House Park Street
1959 - S.S. Straithaird -P.O.Ship -Captain inaugrated(Art Exhibition)
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England
1958 - (Doon School Art Exibition)Artistry House Park Street
1959 - S.S. Straithaird -P.O.Ship -Captain inaugrated(Art Exhibition)
1959 - Bath Academy-England
1959 - International Centre Wolverhampton,England