About Visual Artist Him Chatterjee

Prof and Artist Him Chatterjee, a famous name as an artist because of his masterstrokes, Chairman of Department of Visual Arts, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

The art is in his blood that can be seen in his composition whether it is acrylic on canvas or pen, pencil and charcoal on paper.

He gives his art talent credit to his father Mr Sanat Chatterjee, who was also a great artist & sculptor and the last living pioneer of the Bengal School of Art. Mr Sanat Chatterjee’s name is there in the Guinness Book of World Records for making 100 feet x 11 feet painting on silk depicting the evolution of India's Cultural History with an explanatory synchronization of the symbols of the Zodiac. He was appreciated by Honourable Srimati Indira Gandhi, Dr Karan Singh and many senior Govt officials in addition to foreign art galleries! 

Him Chatterjee's important assignments include his more than 100 murals and Artworks designed and installed at the different corners of India- in Varanasi International, Jammu and Goa Airports, CAG office-New Delhi, DDU College Dwarka, New Delhi, SSD college Rohini, New Delhi, On Delhi New Flyovers, NSG-HQ-New Delhi, at Manesar, Gurgaon, at Mall Road- Solan, at Mall Road- Shimla, NAAA Shimla, portrait at Parliament House- New Delhi, etc. His abstract landscapes on canvases and pen drawings of several historical buildings of India display high quality. His exhibits feature in many Art galleries, Indian Institute for Advanced Study, Shimla, Parliament House, New Delhi and in many prominent public places in India. Among his several National and State level awards are the recognitions given for his contribution in the field of art by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and International Film Festival, New Delhi in 2014 and NGO “Sanchetna” in 2009, Himachal Pradesh Shikhar Samman by Himachal Government 2017. Awarded the Rashtriya Sawasti Samman by the Kalavart Nayas 23rd International Art Festival at Ujjain, M.P. - December 2018 for the contribution in the field of Indian Contemporary Art.

Living in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh is itself a god's gift for those who love nature! One can find and feel it if he sees the landscape artwork of Himalaya by Him Chatterjee. Because the aesthetic way he feels the mountains is commendable, maybe it's because his name, him, means the mountains. His art gallery, Sanat Art Foundation is one of the famous places of interest in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.