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21 february 2012 kolkata , west bengal , india ulpur , india 180px indian artist 21 january 1933 sarbari roy choudhury
 sarbari roy chowdhury
sarbari roy choudhury

sarbari roy chowdhury -lrb- 21 january 1933 -- 21 february 2012 -rrb- , was an indian artist .
chowdhury was born in ulpur , east bengal -lrb- now bangladesh -rrb- into a zamindari family , and graduated from the government college of art and craft , kolkata , in 1956 .
he later studied under the sculptors prodosh dasgupta and sankho chaudhuri at the m.s. university , baroda .
between 1960 and 1962 , he served as the head of the department of sculpture at the indian art college , kolkata .
influenced by indian sculptors like prodosh dasgupta as well as western greats like rodin , roy chowdhury found his inspiration in hindustani classical music .
his works , while pictorial are also largely abstract in their style -- perhaps a result of his travels to the academia de belle arti , florence , in 1962 , where he met giacometti and henry moore in person , who along with sankho chaudhuri had an undeniable impact on his style .
his sculptures feature a unique mix of the academic realism of the east and the more innovative cubism and abstraction of the west .
roy chowdhury has won several awards including the gagan-abani puraskar from visva bharati university , santiniketan , in 2004 , and the abanindra puraskar from the government of west bengal in 2005 .
over the years he has exhibited his works at several group and solo shows , the latest of which was a retrospective entitled `` sensibility objectified : the sculptures of sarbari roy choudhury '' held in may 2009 in new delhi .
a book , , by historian r. siva kumar , was also released .
roy chowdhury 's younger son , saurav followed his father 's path and become a sculptor , while his elder son sougata roy chowdhury is a practitioner of hindustani classical music and plays sarod .
