Hiran Mitra

Hiran Mitra (born 1945) is an Indian artist based in Kolkata (West Bengal, India).

Mitra left his ancestral country home in Kharagpur to study Fine art in the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata at the age of 14. His paintings are energetic abstract gestural paintings with the choreography of the human body observed from folk dance having influenced his recent calligraphic forms .[1][2] He has contributed significantly to the visual stimulus in eastern Indian films,[3] television, theatre[4] and literature since in the 1980s^[quantify]. He is also known to have defined a benchmark for book cover design for contemporary Bengali literature.[5] Bold brush strokes, layered washes and sprays and unconventional use of acrylic and industrial paints characterize his paintings. He is part of the Open Window Artist group and has been part of the Painters 80 Artist group in Kolkata.

References

1. "Florence Biennale 2007 - Focus on: Hiran Mitra - Part 1". florencebiennale. 17 May 2008 – via YouTube.
2. "Hiran Mitra". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
3. 68th Annual BFJA Awards 2005, Art Direction Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Teesta Barer Brittanto". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
5. Portraits and writings by Hiran Mitra in Bengali Little Magazine