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Abanindranath TagoreFirst Modern Artist of India

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TAGORE, Abanindranath (1871-1951)

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Revivalism

Orientalism

Idealism

Realism

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As a Painter

Basic Profile Abanindranath Tagore

Skills Painting; Sculpture and writing

Painting Method Basically water color wash painting; pencil; Oil paint and Pastel

Painting Surface Paper; wood

Painting Style Had imaginative and personal sensibility

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The Passing Of Shah Jahan

• Won an award at the Delhi Durbar 1903•Painting done in oil on wood, is a remarkable adaptation of miniature scale, with all its exquisite workmanship and attention to meticulous detail.• Here emphasis is on deep feeling rather than on tactility and texture of form.

The final moment of Shah Jahan1902Oil color35.56x25.4 cmCollection: Rabindra Bharti Society

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Bharat Mata

Image is imaginative. Swadeshi movement in 1905

and partition of Bengal was the reason for development of this painting.

First named Banga Mata. Act as a mobilizing artifact

for Indians during anti-partition process.

1905Water color technique

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Studies Of Natir Puja

Being an undisputed master of the line, he emphasizes : ‘In a painting life – movement consists in that line which pulsates with utmost life: the line which is none other than its very pulse of life, which, by itself, renders unity, completeness, truth and character to the work.”

Studies of Natir Puja (Set of 12)PencilEarly 1930’sEach 13.3x8.5 cm (5.25x3.34”)

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Arabian Night Series

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Reference

Book: The making of modern Indian art – The progressives; By – Yashodhara Dalmia

Book: The passionate Detachment curated Auctions of Indin modern and contemporary Art and book; By – Neville Tuli

http://www.artnewsnviews.com/view-article.php?article=abanindranath-tagore-a-reappraisal-&iid=22&articleid=556

http://tinpahar.com/exhibition/240