Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: February 2015

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An Outline of Faith: Benode behari Mukherjee’s Life of the Medieval Saints Parvez Kabir Life of the Medieval Saints was completed in the year 1947. Since then, the work has firmly stood for all those who have faith in the…

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An Ode To Khepa Baul K. Bikram Singh When an artist writes about another artist, he provides an insight into his subject that usually escapes the art scholar, busy as the latter is looking for art historical references in the…

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Jamini Roy : A New Assessment of His Art, Life and Times Sandip Sarkar Jamini Roy is perhaps India’s greatest contribution to International art during the first half of the 20th century. However, during the first quarter of the second…

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Nandalal Bose: A Humanist & Modernist With special reference to Haripura Posters Debabrata Das Nandalal Bose (1882-1966) was born to Purnachandra Bose and Kshetramani Devi in the obscure town of Haveli Kharagpur in Monghyr district of the Bihar Province. Nandalal…

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Breaking Bastions : Amrita Sher Gil Dr. Seema Bawa Amrita Sher-Gil has today become associated with hype rather than with the substance of her art and its contribution to modern Indian art. Though every few years there are exhibitions showcasing…

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Profile of a Pioneer : Sarada Ukil Satyasri Ukil “New Delhi as I knew in the prepartition days was virtually a desert culturally, though the old walled city of Delhi enjoyed an age old cultural tradition. New Delhi was brand…

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The Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore Sandip Sarkar In this article, a very interesting analysis is attempted by the eminent art historian and critic, Sandip Sarkar, to de-mystify a lot of vague impressions as regards the art of Rabindranath Tagore. Through…

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An Impetuous Spirit:Hemen Mazumdar P. Shome Hemen Mazumdar is now hailed as one of the prominent figures among the principal exponents of modern art in India. To know the grammar of the art of painting is one thing and do…

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Ukranian Crisis: Threat To Cultural Treasures Vladimir Zaitsev The dark silhouettes of the city are engulfed in flames of fire, the clouds of black smoke carried away by the gusts of wind reaching blazing sky. Over this frightening and gloomy…

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Ravi Varma in Kerala- A Limited and Limiting Legacy R. Nandakumar Ravi Varma had spent the active years of his artistic career outside Kerala under the patronage of Chamarajendra Wodeyar of Mysore and his successor, Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Sayajirao Gaekwad III…

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Miniatures: Appearances invisible to Sight H.A.Anil Kumar Looking at miniatures, today, is an act similar to the process of looking at old photographs. In both the cases, we do no more doubt their artistic validity, for, we grasp them from…