Abinindra Nath Tagore

• Recently, 152^nd birth anniversary of Abanindranath Tagore was observed on August 7^th.

About Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)

• Abanindranath Tagore was an artist and writer from Tagore family.
• He was the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore.
• He was trained by European artists O. Ghilardi and Charles Palmer at Calcutta Sanskrit College.
• He was the first major supporter of the Swadeshi movement in Indian Art and created the ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’.
• He later founded the Bengal School of Art.
• He modernized the Mughal and Rajput styles.
• His paintings reflected a medley of the influences of the Japanese ‘wash’ style and Chinese ink painting, English pre-Raphaelite and Art-Nouveau trends.
• Famous paintings-
  • Arabian Nights
  • Ganesh Janani
  • The Victory of Buddha and
  • Bharat Mata’s (1905) painting is the best-known work of Abanindranath
    • Abanindranath portrays Bharat Mata as Swadesh’s ideals during the more significant Indian Independence movement.