Eric Bowen
1929
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2002
Indian artist (1929-2002)
Eric Hubert Bowen (1929–2002) was an Indian artist known for his abstract art. Born in Allahabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1929, he received a national diploma in art from Delhi Polytechnic in 1959. He, along with Paramjit Singh, founded Group Unknown, a group of young artists and sculptors based in Delhi. He studied art in Italy from 1962 to 1965 through a scholarship by the Italian government. He was a part of the Group 1890 exhibition held in the year 1963, but was not present personally because of being in Italy.