Prodosh Das Gupta

About the Client

Prodosh Das Gupta (1912–1991) was one of India's most significant modernist sculptors and a founding member of the Calcutta Group — the movement that broke Indian art free from the constraints of the Bengal School in the 1940s. His practice spanned sculpture, drawing, poetry, and critical writing across a career of more than six decades. His work was exhibited in India and internationally, written about in three languages, and placed in major institutional collections. When his family approached us, the challenge was clear: a life's work of this scale and significance deserved more than scattered records and private archives.

The Project

We built a comprehensive digital archive covering every dimension of his practice. Sculptures and drawings are catalogued with full provenance detail. His writings — poetry, articles, and critical essays — are presented in both English and Bengali. The Calcutta Group section documents the movement's history, members, and significance with primary source material. Exhibition records span decades. Press coverage is organised chronologically. A timeline feature gives visitors a navigational spine through a 60-year career. The entire system was built with a content management layer so the family could continue adding material as archival research surfaced new work.

Impact

The archive is now the primary reference point for researchers, curators, and institutions studying modern Indian sculpture and the Calcutta Group movement. Academic and gallery enquiries that previously went unanswered — because there was no central resource — now have a destination. The family has full control over the historical record and continues to add newly catalogued material. Deepak has maintained the archive on retainer since launch — the family continues to add newly catalogued material.