‘He will probably be remembered for his experiments in intaglio printmaking’

Kar joined the printmaking (graphics) division in 1974, went on to go the division and retired as principal of Kala Bhavana in 1995. Former professor of historical past of artwork at Kala Bhavana, R Siva Kumar, posted on social media, “An artist who inherited the imaginative world of the Bengal College and created prints and work that oscillated between the lyrical and the sometimes unsettling, [Kar] will probably be remembered for his experiments in intaglio printmaking. Since 1974 he lived and labored at Santiniketan and was a outstanding member of its art community.”

Kumar, who joined Kala Bhavana as a scholar the identical 12 months that Kar joined as school, mentioned that Kar launched new supplies as matrices for printmaking. As an alternative of conventional supplies, Kar was in a position to successfully use plywood and several other sorts of plastic supplies. With intaglio printmaking, Kar was in a position to make use of wooden and cheaper supplies and made it doable for youthful artists and college students to get entry to the method, Kumar mentioned. “In addition to these improvements, he was an enthusiastic instructor,” Kumar added, recalling how Kar and the late Somnath Hore labored collectively and made the printmaking division “a reasonably lively place”.

Kar lived in Santiniketan from 1974 until his passing. He graduated from the Authorities School of Artwork & Craft in Kolkata with a diploma in portray. Other than printmaking, Kar was additionally a painter and infrequently utilizing tempera. His artwork is understood for its surreal and dream-like qualities.

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