Delhi College Of Art
History
College of Art was established in 1942 on Tilak Marg, New Delhi, where it offered three courses, later expanding to six courses, namely painting, sculpture, applied art, printmaking, visual communication and artistry.
1 The college is affiliated to the University of Delhi since 1972,
Courses offered
The college offers courses both at graduate, post-graduate and Ph.d levels; It offers courses in most mediums of Visual Art, both Creative and Applied Art. This includes Master of Fine Art (MFA, a post graduation course of two year in duration) in Applied Art, Printmaking, Sculpture, Visual Communication and Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA, an undergraduate course with 4 years duration) in Applied Art, Art History, Printmaking, Sculpture, Visual Communication.college of Art statrted the Ph.d Deegre since 2023 in (Painting, Applied Art, Printmaking, Sculpture and Visual Communication). It imparts training in art techniques with emphasis on studio practicals, outdoor practicals, prescribed theory subjects and research in selected fields.
Overview
Art Education stalwarts such as Ramendranath Chakravarty, B.C.Sanyal, Biswanath Mukherjee, O.P.Sharma, E. Kumaril Swamy have since its inception, headed and nurtured this institution. The present Faculty also includes from such members, Prof. B.S.Chauhan, Prof. Meera Sarvanan, Dr. Amargeet Chandok, Sh. Ashok Ninawe, Sh. Kripal Singh, Sh. R.K. Mahajan, Sh. Ch. Omkarachari, Sh. Kandagiri Ramesh, Dr. Sumita Kathuria, Dr. Kumar Jigeeshu, Prof (Dr) Sanjeev Kumar (Principal), Dr Pulkit Jawa, Ms Nidhi Mahajan Sharma, Dr Neeti Joshi, Dr Karunesh Kain, Ms Anupma Kumari, Dr Udipti Jaiswal, Ms Neha Singh Dr Rimsy Chopra, Ms Reshma Uttera. Ms Sangeeta Kaushik, Sh Perdeep Kumar, Sh Manoj Kumar, Ms Archna Sharma, Sh Mohan Singh The Annual Art Exhibition of the college, put by students is held every year during the month of March, which is the only time students are allowed to stay back over night inside the college premises. Hindustan Times and Times of India always cover these exhibition.
Campus
The campus provides facilities like a library, multimedia rooms, computer-controlled looms and digital classrooms to the students, who are instructed with a structured curriculum primarily emphasising on practical training and industrial interaction rather than theoretical knowledge.
In 2008, the college added an auditorium, designed by architect as-well-as an artist Satish Gujral to its campus.
Notable alumni
- Shekhar Gurera (1986–90)
- Gogi Saroj Pal
- Harun Robert
- Pradeep Sarkar (1975–79)
- Rameshwer Broota
- Shobha Broota
- Jai Jharotia
- Anupam sud
- Anandamoy Banerjee
- Paresh Maity
- Hem Raj
- Prof (Dr) Sanjeev Kumar
- Harun Robert
- Gopi Gajwani
- Dhiraj Choudhury
References
- ^ "दिल्ली के टॉप कॉलेजों में शामिल है ये कॉलेज, जहां छात्र आर्ट्स में बनाते हैं करियर". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Art college gets gallery, auditorium". Indian Express. 9 March 2008.
College of Art, one of country's premium art colleges...
- ^ "College of Art gets new buildings". The Hindu. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008.
- ^ "दिल्ली के टॉप कॉलेजों में शामिल है ये कॉलेज, जहां छात्र आर्ट्स में बनाते हैं करियर". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Desk, EdexLive (14 February 2024). "DU: During cultural fest Madari, VC announces plans to construct new student centre". EdexLive. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Fine prospects await artists". The Hindu. 16 January 2006. Archived from the original on 24 April 2006.
Some of the reputed schools offering BFA are...College of Art, Delhi, ..
- ^ "About art and more of fine art". The Hindu. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Annual exhibition at College of Art". The Hindu. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009.
- ^ "दिल्ली के टॉप कॉलेजों में शामिल है ये कॉलेज, जहां छात्र आर्ट्स में बनाते हैं करियर". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "College of Art to get a makeover". The Times of India. 17 October 2004.
- ^ Cartoonist's Gallery ShekharGurera.com
- ^ Gupta, Gargi (3 December 2017). "Sailoz Mookherjea: A forgotten genius". DNA India.
- ^ "Buy Gopi Gajwani Paintings Online - View Prices and Size at Mojarto". www.mojarto.com.