Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Somenath Maity


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The result was   no consensus. causa sui (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Somenath Maity

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Claims to be a famous artist. No google news results. http://www.google.com/search?q=Somnath+Maity&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=Somnath+Maity&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=2pw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=nws&ei=oYehTr3hNsWusAKJndWcBQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=5&ved=0CAwQ_AUoBA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=cf763e873c139099&biw=1280&bih=866 Gaijin42 (talk) 14:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 17:25, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

 
 * Comment There's nothing like a misspelled search term for failing to find GNews results. However, while several varied ones are found using the name given in the article title, I am not convinced that any of them are quite substantial enough for notability. But I think they do go far enough to make a further search by someone who is familiar with Indian sources worthwhile. PWilkinson (talk) 11:24, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * KEEP - there seem to be many good references. Please remember not to bite the newbies.


 * The Hindu: Painting sculptures Aruna Chandaraju. July 21, 2010. "Somenath Maity interprets the urban sprawl of Kolkata in his many paintings and his untitled canvas offers a slice of that cityscape with elements like a gateway and cross-bar railings, in rich, layered colours." - feature article in one of India's leading national newspapers.


 * The Hindu: Forms and figures October 30, 2008.


 * India Today In the City. Bangalore. October 1, 2008. "a massive show featuring masters and big names like S.G. Vasudev, Somenath Maity, Basukinath Dasgupta and G Subramaniam"


 * Mid Day: Delhi Be cause. Navdeep Kaur Marwah. October 13, 2008. "Curated by Gautam Kar, this ongoing group show has on display works of several experienced artists like ... Somenath Maity and Thota Vaikuntham among others. "We have selected those artists for the show who have been in this field for over 15 years, as they bring with them the experience and the seriousness that we required," says Isha Singh, owner of Art Laureate."


 * Profile of Somenath Maity on SaffronArt "Recognized today as one of Bengal's important new emerging painters, Maity has already exhibited his works at many major Indian and European galleries. He has won awards and scholarships from most of the major Indian fine art institutions, including the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, the Birla Academy and the IAAI. With several one-man exhibitions in India and abroad to his credit, including shows in Germany Sweden and the United Kingdom, his paintings also enjoy pride of place in prestigious permanent collections like those of the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi, the Fukuoka Museum in Japan and also in several corporate and private collections all over the world."


 * Art Alive Gallery: Investing in Art recommends "To start, one should invest in large works of younger artists or buy drawings or small works of established artists that suit small budgets. Here are some investment options for a new investor in art at different levels up to Rs. 2 lakhs: Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 - buy a work of Pooja Iranna, Mohan Malviya, Apurva Desai, Manish Modi, Mithu Sen Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 100,000 - buy Nupur Kundu, Somenath Maity, Partha Shaw, T.M. Aziz, Ravi Kumar Kashi, Sanjiv Sonpimpare"

Maity's paintings are for sale or exhibited on many sites, such as:
 * Studio3 India (painting)
 * Vikal P Artshop (paintings)
 * Dart.FineArt.com Gallery Kolkata (painting)
 * ArtSlant.com London (painting)
 * Aryan Art Gallery (painting)

Maity has a profile at Google Profile (photo of artist). Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:26, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete the articles in the Hindu are not "feature" articles about him: they are about group shows, and he;s given one short paragraph in each article. That is not what we consider substantial coverage. The next two are also group coverage, not substantially about him. Saffronart is a dealer's site, and, like most, are not  reliable sources. To the extent its reliable it says he's an emerging artist.  Ditto for artalivegallery--but, to the extent its reliable, the quote is saying he is not yet a fully established artist, and says  his works are selling in the $1000-$2000 range, which to me represents NOTYETNOTABLE.   DGG ( talk ) 01:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Mmm, but remember that while the exchange rate may be around 50 Rupees to the Dollar, a Rupee buys you much more than 2 cents worth in India - there are a lot of people on "a dollar a day", or less. Being famous enough to earn 2000 days' pay by selling one painting ... is not to be sneezed at.
 * Also recall that India is a country of over a billion people, so being noticed is perhaps five times as hard as in, say, the USA. Getting onto a swathe of art galleries across that nation, and The Hindu national newspaper, is already quite something. Think of exhibiting in New York, Seattle, San Francisco... and getting mentions in The New York Times. It's notable. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:34, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
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