Bijan Choudhury
Bijan Choudhury (1931–2012) was a Bengal-born painter known for his activities as part of the Calcutta Painters in India. He moved to Calcutta where he studied at the Government College of Art and Craft, but because of his Marxist beliefs he was expelled before he could graduate. He returned to Bengal and graduated from the Dacca Art College (now the University of Dhaka).
Bijan Choudhury
- Born
- 1931 · Faridpur District.
- Died
- 2012
- Occupation
- painter
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Bijan Choudhury. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q26818588 · wikipedia · Bijan Choudhury
In this article
Biography
Born at Faridpur District in 1931, died in 2012.
Bijan Choudhury (1931–2012) was a painter.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Bijan Choudhury, revision 1366244924 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Sarkar, Sandip. Romantic tales of lonely women. The Telegraph. 7 April 2006.
- 2.Sengupta, Ratnottama. Bengal’s contemporary art loses a gem. The Times of India. 19 March 2012.
- 3.Bijan Choudhury exhibition at Bengal Gallery. The Daily Star. 22 May 2012.
- 4.Bijan Choudhury’s rare paintings on display. Dhaka Mirror. 30 May 2012.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 24 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,456 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Bibi ZogbéArtist
- Bicci di LorenzoArtist
- BichitrArtist
- Biddy Rockman NapaljarriArtist
- Bijan ElahiArtist
- Bijan JazaniArtist
- Bijay BiswaalArtist
- Bikash BhattacharjeeArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Bijan Choudhury?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.