SAKTI BURMAN (born
1935) (Indian)
“Femmes
et Oiseau”
Colour
Lithograph
Artist’s
proof. (aside from the edition of 250)
Signed
and titled in pencil. Image size 19” x 25” (480mm x 635mm) IMAGE
Born in 1935, Burman studied at the Government College of Arts and
Crafts, Kolkata, and later at the Ecole Nationale des
Beaux Arts in Paris. The artist had his first solo exhibition in 1954 in Kolkata, and has since exhibited widely across the world
including at venues like the Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Piccadilly Gallery,
London; Galerie Doucet et Coutureau, Paris; Galleria
Nuovo Sagittario, Milan; and Galerie Sagar,
Zurich. Burman has participated in
several group shows, some of the most recent including 'Faces of Indian Art'
organized by Art Alive at the Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi; ‘Understanding
Oneness in Diversity’ at Kitab Mahal, Mumbai; ‘An Evening in Paris
…Rome…London’ at Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata; and
'Resonance' organized by Art Musings at Museum Gallery, Mumbai, all in 2007.
Burman was awarded the Medaille d’Argent au Salon de
Montmorency and the Prix des Etrangers, Ecole des
Beaux-Arts, Paris in 1956. Sakti Burman lives and works in Paris.