EDUCATION
- 1932-37 Graduated from Govt. College of Art and
Craft, Calcutta.
EXHIBITIONS
- 1997 Exhb. at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay. Fifty
one-man and group shows in India and abroad.
COLLECTION
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta. Ramakrishna
Mission, Gol Park, Calcutta. Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Stella Kramrish. Sir Akbar Hyderi. Maharaja Pradyot
Kumar Tagore. Maharaja of Burdwan. Hamilton & Co.
Smt. A. Birla. Rotary Club of London. Mrs. Maneka Gandhi.
Managing Director, Indian Oxygen. Dr. Maurice Shellim.
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Delhi Art
Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1939 Awarded the First Govt. Scholarship for further
studies. 1999 Received `Abanindra Puraskar`. Documentary
film made on him, Doordarshan Kendra, Inforamtion Centre,
Govt. of West Bengal.
STYLE
Maniklal Banerjee was an eminent water colourist.
He is well-known for his paintings on silk, and he was
specialised in imparting a silky feel to his paintings.
He was mainly inspired by tradition, the rural life
of Bengal, nature, Indian ideologies, philosophical
aspects, Tantric and Vedic themes. Harmony of colours,
compositions and sensitivity were the most fascinating
features of his artistic creations. His control of colours
and lines made him a perfectionist in his own style.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1939-77 Lecturer, Department of Indian Art, Govt.
College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. 1979 Visiting Professor
at IKS Viswavidyalaya, Kairagarh, Madhya Pradesh.
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