Profile of Lain Singh Bangdel

The retrospective exhibition of Bangdel held in Nepal Art Council Gallery, Kathmandu in 1991. In the picture withj Bangdel is seen the then Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, late leader of Nepali Congress Mr. Ganeshman Singh

Bangdel with friend Satyajit Ray, one of the most acclaimed film maker in the world (1987)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England being received by Bangdel after he became the Chancellor of the Royal Nepal Academy in 1987. In the background, late King Birendra of Nepal.

Lain Bangdel with his students at the Denison University, Ohio U.S.A. where he taught the culture al history of South East Asia in 1968

In 1985 Bangdel was awarded France’s most prestigious honor in the field of art “Lettres d’Art et de Merit” the then French Ambassador to Nepal H.E. M. Lionel de Warren is presenting the decoration.

Bangdel was decorated in 1985 with the “Commendatore”, Italy’s highest honor for his ontribution to art &culture. With him in the picture is the then Italian Ambassador H.E. Calamai.

Late Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India talking to Lain Bangdel in India in 1963

Bangdel with Nepalese artists, poet & writer in 1951 when he was nominated as the member of

the Royal Nepal Academy by late king Mahendra

M.Dorival, Director of the Museum of the Modern Art in Paris, talking t Bangdel during his exhibition held in 1955

With late Prime Minister of Nepal and renowned writer B. P. Koirala in London

Bangdel moved to London in 1956 & stayed at 54 Forestdalein North London.

Late Lain S. Bangdel
Born- 1924, Darjeeling India

Qualification-
- attended govt. college of arts and craft, Calcutta 1939-45
- attended Ecole superior des Beaux arts, Paris

Exhibitions-
- first exhibition in Stuttgart (Germany) and Paris 1954
- one man show in Paris 1955
- one man show in London 1959
- one man show in Nepal 1962
- one man show in Washington dc, Oregon and Ohio (USA) 1968-69
- one man show in Philadelphia USA 1990

Books-
- nepali novels-Muluk Bahira, Maiti ghar, langadako saathi 1946- 1951
- early sculptures of Nepal 1982
- 2500 years of Nepalese art (German edition) 1987
- Stolen images 1991

Awards and felicitations
- Director of astral art group, London
- nominated member of royal Nepal academy 1961
- Birendra gold medal 1965
- Dulichand gold medal (India) for contribution in literature 1966
- Fulbright professor, Denison university, Ohio USA 1968-69
- Appointed vice chancellor of royal Nepal academy 1974
- Appointed chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy 1979
- Awarded “commendatore” from the Italian govt. for his contribution in art field 1985
- Awards national order of arts and letters from the republic of France 1985
- Awarded knight commander of Victorian order, great Britain 1986
- Awarded grand cross, Spain 1987