Palestenien leader Late Mr. Yasar Arafat with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty
and Artist Arun Chakraborty.
Former President of India, Late Shri Nilam Sanjiva Reddy & Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty.
Former Prime Minister of India, Late Sm.Indira Gandhi with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty,
Late Dr Phulrenu Guha, Dr Panchannan Saha, & Shri J.B.Chatterjee.
Former Prime Minister of India, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty,
Late Dr.Phulrenu Guha , Artist Arun Chakraborty and M. Banerjee .
Eminent actor Late Shri Ashok Kumar, Eminent Film Director, Late Mr B.R.Chopra, with
Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty and Artist Arun Chakraborty.
Pandit Ravi Shankar & Sukannya Shankar at Rekha Chitram with
Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty and Artist Arun Chakraborty.
Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi , Former Governor of West Bengal, Inaugurating the Art Exhibition of
Rekha Chitram, with Late Prof. Amlan Datta and Artist Arun Chakraborty S
Eminent Film Director Late Shri Satyajit Ray with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty.
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri Jyoti Basu with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty.
Late Mother Teresa with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty.
Eminent Artist Late Shri Paritosh Sen, Late Prof. Sibnarayan Ray,
Former Director,Rabindra Bhavan, with Artist Arun Chakraborty.
Eminent Writer Taslima Nasreen, Artist Arun Chakraborty, Poet Gobinda Bhattacharjee,
with Dr. Arun Prasad Mukherjee, Former Governor of Mizoram.
Eminent Actress Ms Jaya Bachchan with Late Artist
Rekha Chakraorty and Artist Arun Chakraborty
at the exhibition of Rekha Chitram.
Eminent Actor Shri Soumitra
Chatterjee with Artist Arun
Chakraborty at Gorky Sadan
Eminent Film Director Shri Mrinal Sen, Former Governor of West Bengal, Shri Viren J. Shah,
Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty, Artist Arun Chakraborty & Consulate General of Russia.
Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty with eminent Poets of Bangladesh Late Poet Samsur Rahaman,
Poet Mahadev Saha, Poet Nirmalendu Goon, and Artist Arun Chakraborty.
Arist Arun Chakraborty, Artist Jogen Choudhury, Artist Rabin Mondal and
Artist Tapan Mita at the Art Gallery of Rekha Chitram
Smt.Amala Shankar, Artist Arun Chakraborty with
Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty, & Late Smt. Arati Saha.
Dr. Kiran Bedi, Former I.P.S. with Late Artist Rekha Chakraborty,
and Artist Arun Chakraborty
Late Sitarist Pandit Deepak Choudhury, Film Director Shri Goutam Ghosh, Late Artist Rekha
Chakraborty, Artist Arun Chakraborty and Shri Goutam Ghosh , Programme Officer, Gorky Sadan.
Artist Shuvaprasanna, Artist Arun Chakraborty, Educationist Sunanda Sanyal
at a Press Conference
Artist Shuvaprasanna inaugurating the
Art Exhibition
Artist Jogen Choudhury and Artist Arun
Chakraborty at the exhibition
Artist Shuvaprasanna , Poet Tarun sanyal,
Artist Arun Chakraborty at ICCR, Kolkata
Poet Shankha Ghosh, Artist Arun Chakraborty,
Artist Jogen Choudhury at ICCR, Kolkata.
Appreciation
Sriman Arun Chakraborty and his highly gifted mother Srimati Rekha Chakraborty,
founder of Rekha Chitram, have more than amply demonstrated how the fine art of
Embroidery may rival the best of Photography and even approximate the skill of highly
talented Painters.
When I first visited the gallery at Rekha Chitram I was deeply impressed by the high
quality of the Embroidery works display which nearly perfect in creating an illusion of
Paintings.
While Rekha’s works in their temper and choice of themes show affinity to the school
of social realism reflecting her harsh experiences in the school of life, Arun , brought
up in relatively happier and more secure circumstances, is clearly inclined to give free
rein to his imagination. In his portraits he ,of course , stays close to Photographic
verisimilitude, but even here his choice of individual models reveals his aesthetic taste and
inclination.
Quite clearly he has a strong preference for Musicians, Painters and Literary
Artists - in most cases of the West. I admire his dexterity and success in capturing
with needle and thread the self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci and Salvador Dali, the
anguished face of Emil Nolde and the farseeing eyes of Paul Klee, all great Painters ;
the gallery of the master composers of immortal music, Johannes Brahms, Richard
Wagner, and the romantic Russian Tchaikovsky, the penetrating look of Thomas Mann
and the amused and ironic smile of Bertold Brecht.
It is certainly uncommon in Calcutta today even among educated members of the
young generation to find persons who feel a sense of kinship with the great artists
of a distant continent whose faces Arun has captured.
But Arun’s original and real talent are best seen in his abstract works. Initially he seems
to have been drawn to the creation of Klee, Kandinsky and other of the Bauhaus school
for his models. But having absorbed their influence he has moved to his own themes and
personal style .
The abstract series titled “ Trek” is quite intriguing , as is the one titled “ Suspension”.
“Fest” is delightful ; so is “Snail”. A sense of the tragic is captured in the large piece
titled “ Monologue” ; and “Shadows in the mist” stirs up deep reverberation.
Arun’s sureness of touch as a craftsman is evidenced by the illusion of Painterly qualities
he creates through Embroidery.
~ Sibnarayan Ray
Awards and Recognition
Some Notable Awards and Appreciations in India and Abroad for late Smt. Rekha Chakraborty
Certificate of merit in appreciation for her “outstanding service
rendered to the cause of Peace and Friendship” awarded by the
Soviet Land Nehru Award - 1978.
Special Award by the Speaker of West Bengal legislative Assembly for
outstanding Embroidered portrait of Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. - 1978.
Award from President of India ( Late Shri Nilam Sanjiva Reddy ). - 1979.
Certificate of Appreciation from the President of Bulgaria for the
outstanding Embroidered Portrait of G. Dimitrov. - 1983.
Notable Works
Some of the notable Embroidered works on display in India and Abroad:
Portrait of Kazi Nazrul Islam (West Bengal Legislative Assembly).
Portrait of Poet Sukanta Bhattacharyya ( Kolkata Information Centre).
Portrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore. ( Academy of Fine Arts).
Portrait of Shree Aurobindo . ( Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry ).
Portrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore. ( National Museum, New Delhi ).
Seven feet Embroidered work of V.I. Lenin. ( Lenin Museum ,
Moscow, Russia).
Portrait of G . Dimitrov. ( Dimitrov Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria).
Portrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore. ( Tagore Centre, London. U.K.)
Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. ( Gandhi Memorial , Berlin , Germany).
Portrait of Poet Goethe . ( Goethe Museum, Germany).
Portrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore. ( Havana Museum).
Portrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore. ( Cuba Museum).
Exhibitions : ( India & Abroad )
1975 : Antifascist conference , Maidan, Kolkata.
1978 : Kolkata Information Centre, Kolkata.
1980 : B.D. Market, Salt Lake, Kolkata.
1981 : British Paints, Kolkata.
1982 : Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.
1983 : Birla Academy of Art & Culture.
1984 : Academy of fine Arts, Kolkata.
1985 : Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.
1986 : Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.
1987 : Academy of fine Arts, Kolkata.
1988 : Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.
1989 : Gallery C.B. 56, Kolkata.
1990 : Gallery C.B. 56, Kolkata.
1991 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
1992 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
1993 : 47, Chembur, Mumbai.
1993 : Nandan Art Gallery, Santiniketan.
1994 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
1995 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery,Kolkata.
1996 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery,Kolkata.
1997 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery,Kolkata.
1998 : Academy of fine Arts, Kolkata.
1999 : Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.
2000 : India International Centre, New Delhi.
2001 : Gorky Sadan, Kokalta.
2002 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2003 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2004 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2005 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2006 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2007 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2008 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2009 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2010 : Rekha Chitram Art Gallery, Kolkata.
1991 : Humbold University, Berlin. Germany.
1996 : Bangasankriti Mela, Liverpool. U.K.
1996 : Swanlea School. London. U.K.
1996 : Whitechaple Library, East London. U.K.
Previous Films directed by Arun Kumar Chakraborty
“ Monologue : Amlan The Unknown Planet” / 24 min / Bengali / With Sub title./ 2009
A Documentary film on Prof.Amlan Dutta, Former Vice-chancellor ,
Visva-Bharati University & North Bengal University .Produced by Rekha Chitram
“Amlan : The Poet” / 34 min / Bengali / with sub title. A documentary film
portrayed by Amlan Dutta on Poet Baudelaire. Produced by Rekha Chitram./ 2010
“Rabindra Tirtha”. 22min / Bengali / with sub title. A documentary film on
HIDCO’s project at New Town .(Produced by Govt. of West Bengal) / 2012
“Rabin : The Inner Soul / 30 min / Bengali. A documentary film on
Renowned Artist Rabin Mondal. Produced by Rekha Chitram./ 2014
“Sunil : The lyrical Artist” / Bengali / 34 min / A documentary film on Renowned
Artist Sunil Das. Produced by Rekha Chitram. / 2015
Rekha Chitram gave Felicitation to Eminent Personalities