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Oct 15, 2018 · The Art of Rabindranath Tagore. B orn in Calcutta into a wealthy Brahmo family, Rabindranath Tagore went on to become one of the most revered poet-philosophers of his time. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first non-Westerner to be honoured with the award. A poet, author, playwright and artist, Tagore's creative ...
Aug 5, 2019 · Amazingly, Tagore’s love affair with art didn’t stop with his genius brush strokes; he also played an important role in transforming Indian art. He did this first as a patron, by encouraging his nephews, Gaganendranath and Abanindranath Tagore, in the new art movement they were trying to launch, a movement that juxtaposed an Indian aesthetic and sensibility against formalised Western training.
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May 10, 2023 · Reading Time: 4minutes. Sudhi Ranjan pays his tribute to Tagore, tells us about the Poet-Painter’s concept of art and how the Alpana art of Santiniketan, influenced his work, as a Special Feature. A Different Truths exclusive. Tagore has been immortalised not only by his poetry but also by his paintings and his great contribution to Indian Art.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) is best known as a poet, and in 1913 was the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Highly prolific, Tagore was also a composer – he wrote the national anthems for both India and Bangladesh – as well as an educator, social reformer, philosopher and painter.
Aug 3, 2018 · Rabindranath Tagore: An Indian Polymath. Spiral; Read; Get to know the beloved figure and his legacyGet to know the beloved figure and his legacy. If you visited the Rubin’s 2018 exhibition A Lost Future: The Otolith Group, you learned about one part of the vast legacy of Rabindranath Tagore, who founded the Visva Bharati art school that’s featured in The Otolith Groups work.
At the dawn of the 20th century, Bengal became the centre for the development of modernism in Indian art. Two prominent art groups developed - one movement was Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan, and the other was called the Bengal School, led by artist Abanindranath Tagore. Rejecting prevailing colonial artistic conventions, they turned to ...
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Rabindranath Tagore by Jamini Roy Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. A selection of portraits. Rabindranath Tagore's portrait was painted by a broad range of artists. This rare portrait of him is by the artstist Jamini Roy, using tempera on board. The artist's typical 'pat' style is not evident here.
