GUWAHATI: For the range of artistic output Bhupen Hazarika had, his achievements as a doyen of song perhaps overshadowed his contributions to other fields.
Over a span of seven decades, Hazarika would make many art work. Tracing them, then again, has grew to become out to be a troublesome job. With little effort to consolidate his paintings, most of his art work lie scattered around the state, bought by way of discerning collectors at various issues of time.
"I have seen two of his paintings. No one knows how much he painted. It was not circulated much," mentioned famous Assamese artist Noni Borpujari. Long-time associate of Hazarika, musician Komol Kotoky felt the same. "Hazarika had created many paintings. But few exist now. I only have one from when he visited my house," he mentioned.
The few existing and traceable art work include certainly one of a New York cab motive force from Hazarika's consult with to the United States in the 1950s, certainly one of a famine- and disease-stricken Bengal, and an abstract portray of human faces. Another portray depicts an anguished face, which some thought used to be his personal, for a faculty journal 'Digboloi' which Hazarika edited during his days on the Benares Hindu University in 1945.
Many feel this has to do with the sheer breadth of his ingenious output. A multi-faceted man, Hazarika composed song, worked on movies, wrote poems and painted.
It is not that no attempt has been made to show off the huge span of his skills. Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra (SSK) held a public exhibition of his works, masking nearly all sides of his artwork. "I haven't seen any such initiative from all sides to find the art works. This could be a constructive step. As far as I know, some paintings are in the possession of Bhupenda's close friend Hemandra Prasad Barooah. But he passed away a few years ago. The painting exhibited at SSK was from Barooah's collection," mentioned Padma Shri awardee Surjya Hazarika, who's the vice-chairman of SSK.
But that used to be 5 years in the past. Not much has been performed since then.
Individuals who've come to possess Hazarika's art work associate non-public recollections with them. "My parents had bought three of Bhupen da's paintings from his home in Kolkata. I have two paintings and one is with my brother in Delhi," mentioned musician Pragyan Barua.
"The three paintings were brought by my parents from Bhupen da's home in Kolkata. They were lying under his bed. My father was a close friend of his and asked him about the paintings. Bhupen da told my father to take the paintings. I have two art works now and another one is in the possession of my brother in Delhi," mentioned Barua.
Over a span of seven decades, Hazarika would make many art work. Tracing them, then again, has grew to become out to be a troublesome job. With little effort to consolidate his paintings, most of his art work lie scattered around the state, bought by way of discerning collectors at various issues of time.
"I have seen two of his paintings. No one knows how much he painted. It was not circulated much," mentioned famous Assamese artist Noni Borpujari. Long-time associate of Hazarika, musician Komol Kotoky felt the same. "Hazarika had created many paintings. But few exist now. I only have one from when he visited my house," he mentioned.
The few existing and traceable art work include certainly one of a New York cab motive force from Hazarika's consult with to the United States in the 1950s, certainly one of a famine- and disease-stricken Bengal, and an abstract portray of human faces. Another portray depicts an anguished face, which some thought used to be his personal, for a faculty journal 'Digboloi' which Hazarika edited during his days on the Benares Hindu University in 1945.
Many feel this has to do with the sheer breadth of his ingenious output. A multi-faceted man, Hazarika composed song, worked on movies, wrote poems and painted.
It is not that no attempt has been made to show off the huge span of his skills. Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra (SSK) held a public exhibition of his works, masking nearly all sides of his artwork. "I haven't seen any such initiative from all sides to find the art works. This could be a constructive step. As far as I know, some paintings are in the possession of Bhupenda's close friend Hemandra Prasad Barooah. But he passed away a few years ago. The painting exhibited at SSK was from Barooah's collection," mentioned Padma Shri awardee Surjya Hazarika, who's the vice-chairman of SSK.
But that used to be 5 years in the past. Not much has been performed since then.
Individuals who've come to possess Hazarika's art work associate non-public recollections with them. "My parents had bought three of Bhupen da's paintings from his home in Kolkata. I have two paintings and one is with my brother in Delhi," mentioned musician Pragyan Barua.
"The three paintings were brought by my parents from Bhupen da's home in Kolkata. They were lying under his bed. My father was a close friend of his and asked him about the paintings. Bhupen da told my father to take the paintings. I have two art works now and another one is in the possession of my brother in Delhi," mentioned Barua.
Bhupen Hazarika's brush strokes lost in time
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