Publications
Publications
Below is a list of publications about Kiron and Gertrude Sinha. Where possible, we provide a link to the publication on the publisher’s website, or a downloadable pdf of the publication. If you would like to read any of these items but are unable to locate them, please get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to help you. If you know of publications in addition to this list, we’d love to hear about them. Please send us any information through the Contact Us page.
- Lily Hirsch and Verna Blewett (2023). Kiron Sinha: Encountering a Friend. Iconic Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art, Edition 2. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India. pp.751-763
- Verna Blewett (2019). Art, archives, and apples: A serendipitous adventure through northern India The Statesman Festival Issue ’19. Kolkata, India.
- Verna Blewett (2018). The artist with a difference: Finding Kiron Sinha. The Statesman Festival Issue ’18. Kolkata, India. pp. 6-14.
- Verna Blewett, Lily Hirsch, and Somnath Gangopadhyay (2015). Work in art, art in work: [un]changing representations of work in the art of Kiron Sinha. Proceedings of the 19th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Melbourne, Australia. 9-14 August 2015.
- Openshaw, Jeanne (2009). Writing the Self: The Life and Philosophy of a Bengali Bāul Guru. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. [Kiron Sinha’s oil painting Reclining Bāul, painted 1965 features on the cover].
- Openshaw, Jeanne (2002). Seeking Bāuls of Bengal. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. [Kiron Sinha’s oil painting The Singing Bāul, painted 1962 features on the cover].
- Neville Tuli (1998). The Flamed Mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting. Abrams, New York, pp. 363
- Sabyasachi Ghosh (7 June 1987). The Agony and the Ecstasy. The Telegraph, pp. 18-19
- J. Vijayatunga (July 1959). Kiron Sinha. Roopa-Lekha. All-India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS): New Delhi, India, 29(1-2): pp. 97-100.
- Roopa-Lekha (1956)
- Esmond George (19 July 1952). Originality in display at gallery. The Mail, p.14, Adelaide, Australia.
- A Special Correspondent (16 July 1952). “Expressive Spirit” in Art Show. The Advertiser, p.4, Adelaide, Australia
- Ivor Francis (15 July 1952). Show exciting, stimulating. The News, p.9, Adelaide, Australia.
- Anonymous (14 July 1952). Indian Art for Adelaide. The News, p.2, Adelaide, Australia.
- Harold Tidemann (12 July 1952). Music…Art…Theatre: Helping to foster culture in Australia. The Advertiser, Adelaide, Australia. pp 7.
- D. G. V. (26 January 1944). Bombay Art Society: Contemporary Events Figure in Exhibits. The Bombay Chronicle, Bombay, India. pp 3.
BulbulArt in the Media
Below is a list of media articles about the BulbulArt Project. If you know of articles in addition to this list, we’d love to hear about them. Please send us information through the Contact Us page.
- Loksatya Correspondent (12 January 2023). The search for the paintings of our ancestors brought us to the Arts College. Loksatya (Hindi Newspaper), Lucknow, India, Page 2
- Jagran Correspondent (12 January 2023). We have come to India to research Kiron Sinha’s paintings. Jagran.com (Hindi newspaper), Lucknow, India.
- Hamida Parkar (October 2018). The art of loving in tragedy. Indian Link. Sydney, Australia, 26(1): pp. 24-25.
- Today Tonight (August 2011). The Topfenstrudel that travelled to India, Part 2. Today Tonight, Channel 7, Australia.
- Today Tonight (13 June 2011). The Topfenstrudel that travelled to India, Part 1: Preparation! Today Tonight, Channel 7, Australia.
Presentations by BulbulArt
Below is a list of presentations that have been given by BulbulArt. If you would like to arrange for us to give a presentation at your institution, please Contact Us here.
- 4 March 2023. “Special Talk on Gertrude and Kiron Sinha.” Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett and Dr Lily Hirsch for the Department of Art History, Women’s Christian College, Chennai.
- 24 February 2023. “Coupled Lives: The life and art of Kiron and Gertrude Sinha.” Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett and Dr Lily Hirsch for the Department of Art History and Visual Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
- 4 February 2023. “Coupled Lives: The life and art of Kiron and Gertrude Sinha“. Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett and Dr Lily Hirsch at Arthshila, Santiniketan.
- 11 January 2023. “Finding Kiron Sinha: Researching his life and work“. Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett and Dr Lily Hirsch at the College of Arts and Crafts, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lucknow.
- 4 January 2023. “Finding Kiron Sinha”. Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett and Dr Lily Hirsch at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
- 27 March 2018. “Finding Kiron Sinha: An Illustrated Talk“. Presentation by Dr Verna Blewett at the Department of History of Art, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan