Untitled
- Artist Name: Early Bengal School
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
- Size: 28 Inch X 22 Inch
- Year: 1942
- Status : Now Available
- Authentic: ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY ARTIST
- Product Code: BART-799699
- Price: | 1 $
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E.B.Bengal
The Bengal School of Art, founded in 1854, had an obvious impact on this genre, and its influence can be seen in some of the paintings now considered to belong to the Early Bengal School. The Bengal School of Art, commonly known as the Bengal School, was an art movement and style of Indian painting that originated in Bengal, primarily in Calcutta and Shantiniketan, and flourished throughout the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj in the early 20th century. Also known as the "Indian style of painting" in its early days, it was associated with Indian nationalism (swadeshi) and was led by Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) and was also promoted and supported by British art administrators such as E. B. Havell, principal of the Government School of Art and Craft in Calcutta from 1896, it eventually led to the development of modern Indian painting. Abanindranath's student Nandlal Bose continued to teach at Kala Bhavan in Shantiniketan (1920s). Kala Bhavan was India's first national art school and part of the Visva Bharti University founded by Rabindranath Tagore. It incorporated various forms of Indian folk art and continued to promote the philosophy of creating a truly Indian artistic language. While the Bengal School of Painting led by Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose is acknowledged to have formally begun around 1905, the Early Bengal School is believed to have flourished in the state around the end of the 19th century. The artists of this school, who remain largely anonymous to date, combined the artistic styles of the East and the West to forge a direction very different from any other art movement prevalent during this era. These artists chose to paint mythological and religious scenes instead. Because of this, the paintings they created depicted gods and goddesses from the Hindu pantheon, the legend of Krishna, the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana, and folk myths and legends. The courtesan was also a popular subject of representation. These themes are, in fact, important in tracing how the traditional folk style was merged with European nationalism. From single portraits of the goddess Kali or other goddesses, came elaborate scenes from the Mahabharata and other epics and increasingly bold attempts at new interpretations of traditional themes. Some of the notable painters and artists of the Bengal school were Nandalal Bose, M.A.R Chughtai, Sunayani Devi (sister of Abanindranath Tagore), Manishi Dey, Mukul Dey, Kalipada Ghoshal, Asit Kumar Haldar, Sudhir Khastgir, Kshitindranath Majumdar, Sughra Rababi. Led by eminent artists such as Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, and Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengal School emerged as a powerful movement that sought to revive traditional Indian artistic practices and forge a unique national identity.