Pradip Maitra

About Pradip Maitra

Pradip Maitra studied at the Indian College of Art & Draughtsmanship, Kolkata. At the art college he was taught by Gopal Sanyal, who was Pradip's great supporter. However, the artist who influenced and guided Pradip the most was Bikash Bhattacharya and, much later, Shyamal Dutta Ray. Maitra works in both watercolour and oil, in a modernist style.

A member of The Society of Contemporary Artists, Maitra has works in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Governor's House, Orissa; Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai; Hyderabad Museum, Hyderabad; Osian's, Mumbai; and Lancashire University, UK.