B. N. Goswamy

B. N. Goswamy
Born
Brijinder Nath Goswamy

(1933-08-15)15 August 1933
Sargodha, Punjab Province, British India
Died17 November 2023(2023-11-17) (aged 90)
Chandigarh, India
Occupation(s)Art historian and critic
SpouseKaruna Goswamy
Children1 daughter; 1 son
ParentB. L. Goswamy
AwardsPadma Shri
Padma Bhushan
Academic background
Alma materPanjab University
Academic work
InstitutionsPanjab University

Brijinder Nath Goswamy (15 August 1933 – 17 November 2023) was an Indian art critic, art historian, and vice chairman of the Sarabhai Foundation of Ahmedabad, which runs the Calico Museum of Textiles.[1] Goswamy was best known for his scholarship on Pahari painting[2] and Indian miniature paintings.[3] He was the author of over 20 books on arts and culture,[1][4] including Sakti Burman: A Private Universe, a monograph on the life and works of Sakti Burman, renowned Bengali painter[5] and Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900, a treatise on Indian miniature art.[6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1998 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan in 2008.[7]

  1. ^ a b Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 413 of 1490. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. ^ "The master of small things". Times of India. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. ^ Sethi, Sunil (5 December 2014). "The big world of miniatures". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Amazon profile". Amazon. 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. ^ Brijinder Nath Goswamy; Rosa Maria Falva (2015). Rosa Maria Falva (ed.). Sakti Burman: A Private Universe. Skira. p. 216. ISBN 978-8857226194.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.