P.N. Kachru

Artist of Kashmir from Rainawari, Srinagar.

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Résumé

1. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir

2. Education:
a. Graduate, 1944, Punjab University
b. Kept terms in Post Graduation in English Literature, 1945-46, Punjab University
c. Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), 1944

3. Founder Member:
a. The National Cultural Front, November 1947
b. Progressive Artists Association, September 1948
c. The National Cultural Congress, 1950
d. J&K State Cultural Congress, 1953
e. The J&K Artists Association, 1954
f. The "Visionaries" 1975

4. Exhibitions: 

Group Participations:
a. Progressive Artists Association, Srinagar, May 1949
b. Progressive Artists Association, New Delhi, Bombay and Lucknow, September 1949
c. Progressive Artists Association, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955
d. J&K Artists Association, Srinagar and Jammu, 1954
e. Kashmir Art Society, 1958
f. Academi of Art, Culture and Languages, Srinagar, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960 and 1964
g. The Group of Three - Kachru, Kaul and Kishori, New Delhi, 1960
h. The group of five - Srinagar, New Delhi and Bombay, 1964

The National Participation:
a. National Exhibitions Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi, 1958, 1959, 1964 and 1967
b. All India (National) exhibitions of Hyderabad Art Society, 1962, 1965 and 1968
c. Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, 1960, 1962 and 1966
d. Bombay Art Society, 1960

One-man Exhibitions:
a. New Delhi - 1955, 1960 and 1966
b. Calcutta - 1959, 1963 and 1965
c. Bombay - 1955 and 1957

5. Awards and Prizes:
a. Best painting of the year 1959 award, Hyderabad Art Society
b. First Prize, 1959 Hyderabad Art Society
c. Prize, Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, J&K State, 1960
d. First Prize, Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, J&K State, 1962
e. "The Veteran Artists" award, 1988 AIFACS, New Delhi

6. Writing and Articles:
a. Modern Kashmir art movement and its founders
b. Kashmir Buddhist sites - Harwan, Wushkar and Hulmar (Matan)
c. Kashmir School of Terra Cottas - the Wushkar school
d. Megalithic site of Burzhom, Kashmir
e. Burzhom and Indus valley civilisation
f. The living tradition of India-crafts of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh- Chapters of Papiermache and wood crafts, Mapin Publications Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad 3810013
g. Survey Report on felt markers of Kutch (Saurashtra) commissioned by Handloom and Handicrafts Export Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat
h."Stein's search for Codex Archetypus" - the paper was read out by the author on the occasion of Remembering Sir Aurel Stein. The seminar-cum-exhibition of documents, photographs, books and original letters (with special reference to Kashmiri scholars and friends) was organised jointly by Nityanand Shastri Kashmir Research Institute and the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, on November 16, 1998 at 1-A, Janpath, New Delhi.
The function was inaugurated by the reputed scholar and Indologist Dr. Lokesh Chandra and addressed by H.E. Andras Dallos, the Ambassador of Hungary in India.
i. "Dal Lake - the dying heritage" - the paper was read out by the author at the International Meet on the Shared Social Ecology of the Seven Himalayan Countries, held on 26th to 28th November 1998 the meet was organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind) and inaugurated by H.E. the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, India. The countries which participated were Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.The venue of the meet: Avritti Bhawan, the National Museum of Mankind, Lakeside, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India).
j. "Lal Ded and Kashmiri Chroniclers" - the paper was read in the national seminar organised by Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society, B-36, Pamposh Enclave, Greater Kailash - I, New Delhi - 110048, held on 12th November, 2000.
k. "Kashmir's Contribution to Pahari Art Movement" - the paper was presented on 27th February, 2001 in the Conference Hall, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.
Also, the paper was presented in the International seminar on Cultural Heritage of Indian Himalaya, 3-5 March 2001, at Bhopal (M.P.), jointly organised by the Himalayan Reseach and Cultural Foundation and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya (the Museum of Mankind): Venue of the seminar - Avritti Complex, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manava Sangrahalaya, Shamla Hills, Bhopal.

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