ABANINDRANATH TAGORE

  

Calcutta, India


Born in 1871 in Calcutta. During the 1880s he studied under Olinto Gilhardi and Charles Palmer. Pursuing his increasing interest in Japanese painting, he trained under Yokoyama Taikan who tutored him on Japanese brushwork. Tagore taught at the Calcutta Government College of Art between 1905-15, In 1907, Tagore established the Indian School of Oriental Art and founded The Bengal School that was responsible in pioneering the Bengal Revivalist movement.

EXHIBITIONS

1900-At the Calcutta Government College of Art
1908-Indian School of Oriental Art, Calcutta
1911-Crystal Palace, London
1914-The 22nd exhibition of the Societe des Peintres Orientalistes Francais, Grand Palais, Paris travelling to Belgium, The Netherlands & imperial Institute, England
1924-Travelling Exhibition organized by the Indian School of Oriental Art and the American Federation of Art
1928-Athene Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland




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