Bengal School of Art - Shweta

BENGAL
SCHOOL
OF
ART
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Indian art stood at the crossroad after decline of
Mughal empire and the beginning of the British
colonial rule.
The British in the mean time persuaded the

educated Indians that they had no cultural
heritage of their own.
At his point, artists
like RAJA RAVI VARMA,

RABINDRANATH TAGORE, ABANINDRANATH
TAGORE, GAGANANENDRANATH TAGORE,
NANDALAL BOSE and JAMINI ROY supported by
E.B. HAVELL tried in their own way to revive
Indian art.
Under the joint effort and patronage from

R. Tagore, SISTER NIVEDITA, Dr. A.K.
Coomarswamy and many other art lovers,
the Society of Oriental Art was formed
in 1907.
They sent artists like Nandalal and Asit

Kumar Haldar to copy the paintings of
AJANTA and BAGH CAVES along with LADY
HERRINGHAM of Indian society of London.
The paintings published were widely

acclaimed in the European Journals and
thus revived Ancient Indian Painting.
Thus the Bengal School of Art was

founded representing the first ART
Sister
Nivedita
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
WASH TECHNIQUE : a Japanese water colour
technique fused with the European transparent style

of water colour and Indian Tempera.
Inspired by Ajanta and Bagh, Mughal and Rajput, and

Shilpashastra.
Chinese cloth painting and Japanese woodcut were
also used.
Subjects : religious, social and historical events,

animals and nature.
Colours were soft without shadow and conventional

perspective giving a mystic sense of space and
atmosphere and diluting impact of colour.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Life as an artist
Started painting seriously in 1928

at the age of 67
Had no formal training
Pen and ink, crayon and water
colour
Painted strange faces of birds,
beasts and humans
Felt his paintings were childish but
was assured by painters like Jamini
Roy that those were mature.
Expressionist paintings in European
style
Paintings expressed the
subconscious impulses within him
Minimum use of lines and colour
MODERN,INDIVIDUALISTIC yet
INDIAN in theme
Female portraits bear expressions
which depict a particular phase of
WOMAN
FACE
GIRL
TWO FIGURES
LITHOGRAPH
THE VASE
SONG OF LIGHT
GAGANENDRANAT
H TAGORE
Nephew of Rabindranath Tagore

First Indian Artist to caricature SOCIAL
FACTS and EVILS
Rejected TRADITIONAL themes and took up
the subject of CALCUTTA and its city life
Used water colour and tempera
GEOMETRIC, played with LIGHT and SHADE
3-D FEEL, SOLIDITY, STRENGTH and
CUBISTIC LOOK
Harmonious balance of colour and form
Technique was European
FAMOUS PAINTINGS : MAGICIAN,
LAUGHTER, PRIEST AND PILGRIM
MAGICIAN
A CUBIST SCENE
RABINDRANATH TAGORE IN THE ISLAND OF BIRDS
ABANINDRANATH TAGORE
- Father of Modern
Indian Painting
Nephew of Rabindranath Tagore

and younger brother of
Gaganendranath Tagore
Founder of the Bengal School of
Art
Formal training in pastels, water
colour, life study under
GHILARDI
Oil painting and portraiture
under CHARLES PALMER
Under guidance of E.B. Havell,
he studied Rajput and Mughal
schools.
Fused Indian TEMPERA with
Japanese WASH and European
TRANSPARENT WATER COLOURS
Used soft colours
FAMOUS PAINTINGS :
JOURNEYS END
BHARAT MATA
OMAR KHAYYAM
NANDALAL BOSE
Considered the second major

painter of the Bengal School of Art
Enrolled as a student of Calcutta
Art School in 1905
Learned from Abanindranath Tagore
Made paintings of Ajanta and Bagh
Illustrated Rabindranath Tagores
literary works for many years
especially THE BOOK OF
ALPHABETS SAHAJ PATH (in
Bengali)
Joined Kala Bhavan as Principal in
1920
STRONG CLEAR LINES,
BOLDNESS.DECORATIVE QUALITY
NATIONALIST to the core and its
EVIDENT in his paintings as well
PARTHASARATHI
VEENA PLAYER
ARDHANARISWARA
SHIVA DRINKING WORLD POISON
ASIT KUMAR
HALDAR
Grandnephew of Rabindranath Tagore

and son of Sukumar Haldar
Enrolled as a student in The Calcutta
Art School in 1904
Learned sculpting in 1905 from : Jadu
Pal and Bakkeswar Pal, and Leonard
Jennings
Made paintings of Ajanta and Bagh
Art teacher atVishva Bharati from
1911-1915
JoinedKala Bhavanas principal in
1911-1923
Realized that REALISM in Europe had
many limitations
Balanced physical attributes in
proportion to subject matter
Embraced REALISM
Used
lacquer,tempera,oil,watercolors
Subject : INDIAN HISTORY and
KRISHNA AND YASHODA
MOTHER
RASALILA
WOMAN AND THE TREE
JAMINI
ROY
Joined the Calcutta Art School in

1903
Not attracted by TRADITIONAL
mythological paintings
Started as a PORTRAIT painter
From 1925 started painting in the
style of PATUAS in KALIGHAT and
followed GLOWING COLOURS and
FLOWING CURVES
From 1931 he adopted HARSH
LINES of Patuas of western
districsts of Bengal
LOCAL DYES, DECORATIVE DESIGNS
of KANTHAS and ALPANAs
Subject : VILLAGE
FOLKLORE,CHRISTIANITY
REVOLUTIONIZED this school after
exhibition in London(1946) and
New York(1953)
MOTHER AND
DURGA AND HER CHILDREN
KRISHNA WITH COW
THE LAST
SUPPER
THANK YOU
SHWETA SAHA
F.P. TECH
ROLL - 28

Bengal School of Art - Shweta

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Bengal School of Art - Shweta

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Bengal School of Art - Shweta

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

BENGAL

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

The British in the mean time persuaded the

At his point, artists

like RAJA RAVI VARMA,

Under the joint effort and patronage from

They sent artists like Nandalal and Asit

The paintings published were widely

Thus the Bengal School of Art was

WASH TECHNIQUE : a Japanese water colour

technique fused with the European transparent style

Inspired by Ajanta and Bagh, Mughal and Rajput, and

Subjects : religious, social and historical events,

Colours were soft without shadow and conventional

Started painting seriously in 1928

Nephew of Rabindranath Tagore

FAMOUS PAINTINGS : MAGICIAN,

LAUGHTER, PRIEST AND PILGRIM

RABINDRANATH TAGORE IN THE ISLAND OF BIRDS

Nephew of Rabindranath Tagore

Considered the second major

SHIVA DRINKING WORLD POISON

Grandnephew of Rabindranath Tagore

KRISHNA AND YASHODA

WOMAN AND THE TREE

Joined the Calcutta Art School in

DURGA AND HER CHILDREN

KRISHNA WITH COW

You might also like