Sobha Brahma

Sobha Brahma
শোভা ব্ৰহ্ম
Born(1929-10-14)14 October 1929
Gossaihaon, Kokrajhar district, Assam
Died2012
NationalityIndian
Known forPainting and sculpture
MovementModernism

Sobha Brahma (14 October 1929 – 2012) was an Indian painter and sculptor. He lived and worked in Guwahati.[1] He graduated from the Kalabhavana Visva-Bharati University Shantiniketan West-Bengal. Brahma developed a unique individual style that mixed traditional folk and modern Indian art.

He served as the Principal of the Government College Of Arts and Crafts Assam, as the vice-chairman of the prominent cultural centre Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, set up under the Assam Accord, and as a member of the general council of Lalit Kala Akademi.

  1. ^ Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah. "Sobha Brahma (1930–2012) End of an era of northeastern art and sculpting". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-05-11.