Somnath Hore

1921-2006

Somnath Hore was admitted to the Government College of Art
and Craft at the instance of the Communist party leader P.C.
Joshi. From 1954 onwards, Hore experimented significantly
with printmaking. Between 1954 and 1958, he was lecturer at
Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship in Calcutta. From
1958 to 1967, he held several posts such as in-charge of the
graphic section of the Delhi College of Arts, visiting professor at
the M.S. University of Baroda and Vishva Bharati, Santiniketan
and head of the graphic department of Kala Bhavan, Vishva
Bharati. He joined the Society of Contemporary Artists in
1960. His works have been exhibited widely; he had more than
fifteen solo exhibitions in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore
and participated in numerous group exhibitions and international
biennales and triennials. In 1984, he was made Professor
Emeritus, Santiniketan and received the Gagan-Abani Award,
Kolkata. In 2004 he was given the Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar,
Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi.