Amalnath Chakladhar

Amalnath Chakladhar is one of the Bengali modernist artist who made his own art vocabulary instead of following prominent strains of modern art in Bengal in the first half of the 20th century. His contribution to furthering modernism in India assumes importance for being a seminal, individual effort. Born in present-day Bangladesh, Chakladhar graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, in 1960. In his long career as an artist, nature has dominated his art, flowing water, swaying breeze, the softness of grass and petals, all captured beautifully by the artist with his brilliant mastery over form and technique.

Chakladhar has participated in important exhibitions such as the centenary celebration of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1957, and the 1992 Hyderabad exhibition, 'Bengal Art Today'. He has won many awards, including the prestigious. Rajya Charukala Pradarshani award from the Government of West Bengal in 1987. 

Amalnath Chakladhar is one of the Bengali modernist artist who made his own art vocabulary instead of following prominent strains of modern art in Bengal in the first half of the 20th century. His contribution to furthering modernism in India assumes importance for being a seminal, individual effort. Born in present-day Bangladesh, Chakladhar graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, in 1960. In his long career as an artist, nature has dominated his art, flowing water, swaying breeze, the softness of grass and petals, all captured beautifully by the artist with his brilliant mastery over form and technique.

Chakladhar has participated in important exhibitions such as the centenary celebration of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1957, and the 1992 Hyderabad exhibition, 'Bengal Art Today'. He has won many awards, including the prestigious. Rajya Charukala Pradarshani award from the Government of West Bengal in 1987.