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Avinash Chandra (28 August 1931 – 15 September 1991) was an Indian painter, who lived and worked in the United Kingdom.[1]

Avinash Chandra
Born	(1931-08-28)28 August 1931 Shimla, India
Died	15 September 1991(1991-09-15) (aged 60)
Nationality	Indian[citation needed]
Occupation	Painter

He was born on 28 August 1931 in Shimla, India,[2] and was brought up there and in Delhi. His father was the manager of the Cecil hotel in Delhi. He attended, and later taught at, Delhi Polytechnic.[3] His students include Paramjit Singh, Arpita Singh and Gopi Gajwani.[4] His 1955 "Snow in Pahalgam" sold for INR 4,375,000.

He moved, with his wife, to Golders Green, London, in 1956.[3][5]

In 1962 he was featured in a BBC Monitor documentary, presented by W.G. Archer,[5][6] and in 2018 in the BBC documentary Whoever Heard of a Black Artist?.[1]

He died in London on 15 September 1991.[2]

Awards and recognition

Chandra won first prize at the First National Art Exhibition of Art, in New Delhi, in 1954.[5] and the gold medal Prix Européen in 1962.[5]

A solo exhibition was held at the Hamilton Galleries in London in 1965.[3] His work was also exhibited as part of The Other Story: Afro-Asian artists in post-war Britain at the Hayward Gallery in 1989;[3] and is in collections including those of the Arts Council of Great Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Kettle's Yard, Durham University, Leicestershire County Council, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Museum of Modern Art (Berlin), Museum of Modern Art (Haifa), National Gallery of Modern Art, the National Trust for England, New York University, Punjab Museum, Tate, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[5][7][8]

Solo exhibitions

1987 Avinash Chandra, Horizon Gallery, London.[9]

Group exhibitions

1987 The Other Story, Hayward Gallery, London.[3]

Reviews, articles, texts, etc.

[9]

- Rasheed Araeen, 'Conversation with Avinash Chandra', Third Text, no.3/4, (Spring - Summer 1988), 69–95.

- 'Avinash Chandra', Third Text, no.16/17, (Autumn - Winter), 3–4.

- James Burr, 'Obituary', Apollo, no.135, (January 1992), 54.

References

Further reading

• Archer, W.G. (January 1961). "Avinash Chandra: painter from India". The Studio. 161 (813): 4–7.
• Archer, W.G. (1965). Avinash Chandra. Hamilton Galleries.
• Araeen, Rasheed (1 March 1988). "Conversation with Avinash Chandra". Third Text. 2 (3–4): 69–95. doi:10.1080/09528828808576190. ISSN 0952-8822.

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[de] Avinash Chandra

Avinash Chandra (* 1931 in Shimla, Indien; † 1991 in London) war ein indischer Maler.

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