Noted Painter Jaimini Roy’s Kolkata Residence To Be Turned Into Art Gallery

Kolkata: The house of noted painter Jamini Roy at Ballygunge Place in south Kolkata will soon be turned into India’s first private single-artist museum.

In a statement by the CEO and managing director Ashish Anand, “This is the single-most important project undertaken by DAG in its three decades. In dedicating the Jamini Roy House Museum to the nation, the people of Bengal and all art lovers, we are ensuring the participation of people from all walks of life in this exercise.”

In 1949, Roy moved from his Baghbazar residence in north Calcutta to the Ballygunge Place house. He lived in this house till his death in 1972. Roy was declared a National Treasure in 1976. He was awarded the Viceroy’s gold medal in 1935, the Padma Bhushan in 1955, and elected a fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1956.