B. N. Goswamy
B. N. Goswamy | |
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Born | Brijinder Nath Goswamy 15 August 1933 British India |
Died | 17 November 2023 Chandigarh, India | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Art historian and critic |
Spouse | Karuna Goswamy |
Children | 1 daughter; 1 son |
Parent | B. L. Goswamy |
Awards | Padma Shri Padma Bhushan |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Panjab University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Panjab University |
Brijinder Nath Goswamy (15 August 1933 – 17 November 2023) was an Indian art critic and historian, and a
Biography
Brijinder Nath Goswamy was born on 15 August 1933 at
During the course of his research, he joined Panjab University as a member of its faculty of Art History, where he would spend his entire career and eventually superannuate as a professor. While working there, he took a break and worked as a visiting professor at the South Asian Institute of the
Goswamy was married to Karuna, an art historian, academic, and a former professor of Panjab University. The couple had one son and one daughter, Apurva and Malavika.[8] He lived in Chandigarh,[3] where he died on 17 November 2023, at the age of 90.[12]
Legacy
Goswamy is considered by many as one of the most prominent scholars of Indian miniature painting.
His work, The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900
Awards and honours
When Goswamy retired from his academic career,
Selected bibliography
- B. N. Goswamy (September 1968). "Pahari Painting: The Family as the Basis of Style". Marg. XXI (4).
- B. N. Goswamy (1975). Painters at the Sikh Court. F. Steiner. p. 146. ISBN 9783515020978.
- B.N. Goswamy; Anna L. Dallapiccola (1984). A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720-1820. Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0195613117.
- B. N. Goswamy (1986). Essence of Indian Art. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. ISBN 9780939117000.
- B. N. Goswamy (1988). A Jainesque Sultanate Shahnama and the context of pre-Mughal painting in India (Rietberg series on Indian art). Museum Rietberg. p. 71. ISBN 978-3907070222.
- B. N. Goswamy (1999). Painted visions: The Goenka collection of Indian paintings. Lalit Kala Akademi. p. 297. ISBN 978-8187507000.
- B. N. Goswamy; Caron Smith (2005). Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting. San Diego Museum of Art. p. 304. ISBN 978-0937108345.
- B. N. Goswamy; Caron Smith (2006). I See No Stranger: Sikh Early Art and Devotion. Mapin Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-1890206048.
- B. N. Goswamy (2008). The Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word: The Indian Manuscript Tradition. Philip Wilson Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 978-0856676536.
- B. N. Goswamy (2010). Ranga Roopa Gods, Words, Images. ISBN 978-8189738631.
- Milo Beach; B. N. Goswamy; Eberhard Fischer (2011). Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900. University of Washington Press. p. 800. ISBN 9783907077504.
- B.N. Goswamy; Eberhard Fischer (2012). Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India. ISBN 978-8189738464.
- B. N. Goswamy; Eberhard Fischer (2012). Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-State. ISBN 978-8189738761.
- B. N. Goswamy (2014). The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900. Penguin India. p. 560. ISBN 978-0670086573.
- Brijinder Nath Goswamy; Rosa Maria Falva (2015). Rosa Maria Falva (ed.). Sakti Burman: A Private Universe. Skira. p. 216. ISBN 978-8857226194.
- B. N. Goswamy. Manaku of Guler: The Life and Work of another great Indian Painter from a small Hill State. ISBN 978-9385285820.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9788126008735.
- ^ a b c "The master of small things". Times of India. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d Sethi, Sunil (5 December 2014). "The big world of miniatures". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Amazon profile". Amazon. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ISBN 978-8857226194.
- ^ ISBN 9783907077504.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Rejecting babudom for the love of art". The Tribune. 9 August 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Brijinder Nath Goswamy". Roopinder Singh. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology, Issues 57-70. University of Michigan Libraries. 1998.
- ^ "Department of Art History and Visual Arts". Panjab University. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Art historian and critic BN Goswamy passes away at 90
- ISBN 9780391024120.
- ^ "Interview". India Seminar. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ISBN 978-8189738761.
- ISBN 978-8189738464.
- ISBN 9783515020978.
- ISBN 9780939117000.
- ISBN 978-0670086573.
- ^ "Whispers from the past". The Hindu. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ISBN 978-3907070222.
- ISBN 978-0195613117.
- ISBN 978-8187507000.
- ISBN 978-8189738631.
- ISBN 978-0856676536.
- ISBN 978-0937108345.
- ISBN 978-1890206048.
- ^ B. N. Goswamy (21 April 2015). A Layered World (Audio Visual presentation). Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi.
- ^ "Look at art intently, and with patience". Live Mint. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.
- ^ Darpan, Pratiyogita (March 2008). "Padma Bhushan Awardees". Pratiyogita Darpan. 2 (21).
External links
- "Interview with B. N. Goswamy". India Seminar. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- B. N. Goswamy (21 April 2015). A Layered World (Audio Visual presentation). Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi.
- The Art of Seeing: BN Goswamy illuminates a lost world of Indian painting. http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reviews-and-essays/art-seeing