Sakti Burman (also spelled ''Shakti'', ''Shakthi'' and ''Sakthi'' orn 1935 in Calcutta">Calcutta.html" ;"title="orn 1935 in Calcutta">orn 1935 in Calcutta is a contemporary Indian artist of Indian parentage living in France. He grew up in what is now Bangladesh, British India. He has lived in France for the last five decades, while maintaining strong ties with India, where he regularly exhibits his works. He is married to French painter Maite Delteil.Zaira Arslan (14 January 2013
"Happiness in Art"
'' The Indian Express''. Retrieved 24 September 2013. His extended family includes several eminent artists: his daughter,

Maya Burman Maya Burman (born 1971)Mini Chandran-Kurian"Maya Memsaab" ''The Times of India'', Nov 10, 2002. is a French artist. Biography Burman was born in Lot et Garrone, France and brought up in France. She initially trained as an architect, but found the ...

also lives and works in France; his niece,

Jayasri Burman Jayasri Burman (born 1960 in Calcutta) is a contemporary artist from Indian. She studied at the Kala Bhavan in Shantiniketan, and at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, where she completed a Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la ...

was inspired by him and is a notable artist in her own right; as is his niece's husband,

Paresh Maity Paresh Maity (born 1965) is an Indian painter. He is a prolific painter in a short career span. In 2014, Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri. Early life Paresh Maity was born in Tamluk, Purb ...

. He has had several exhibitions of his work in India, and elsewhere, and won several prizes. A painter and lithographer, Burman's art has mythic and fantasy content and rich colors.

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Paintings at the website of Glenbarra Art Museum
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"Sakti Burman Profile,Interview and Artworks"
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