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Biren De: Pre-Tantric - Works from the Herwitz Collection

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b. 1926, Indiad. 2011
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Aicon Contemporary is proud to present Biren De: Pre-Tantric Works from the Herwitz Collection. Biren De (1926-2011) was a painter and educator, best known for his Tantric paintings. He was born in present day Bangladesh, and moved to Kolkata to attend the Government College of Art. In the early years after India’s independence he moved to Delhi, the capital of the new nation. There he executed large scale public art commissions, while he also taught at the College of Art, Delhi. During his time as a professor, he came to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship in the late fifties or early sixties. It was in New York that his work started to move in direction of Tantra which would eventually go on to define him.

Chester Herwitz, owner of a leather company in Worcester, MA, first visited India with his wife in 1961, and they returned often. In the mid-1960's, they began buying paintings by M. F. Husain, who introduced them to other artists, including to Biren De. Their varied...More expand_more

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Biren De: Pre-Tantric - Works from the Herwitz Collection

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Aicon Contemporary is proud to present Biren De: Pre-Tantric Works from the Herwitz Collection. Biren De (1926-2011) was a painter and educator, best known for his Tantric paintings. He was born in present day Bangladesh, and moved to Kolkata to attend the Government College of Art. In the early years after India’s independence he moved to Delhi, the capital of the new nation. There he executed large scale public art commissions, while he also taught at the College of Art, Delhi. During his time as a professor, he came to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship in the late fifties or early sixties. It was in New York that his work started to move in direction of Tantra which would eventually go on to define him.

Chester Herwitz, owner of a leather company in Worcester, MA, first visited India with his wife in 1961, and they returned often. In the mid-1960's, they began buying paintings by M. F. Husain, who introduced them to other artists, including to Biren De. Their varied...More expand_more

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35 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, USA
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b. 1926, Indiad. 2011
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Mar 13, 2025 — Apr 19, 2025
Aicon Contemporary35 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, USA
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