The Making of an ‘Indian Style’ of Painting: Abanindranth Tagore

Now that we have explored the burgeoning colonial influence on art education and practice in India in the early decades of the 20th century, let’s look at how a parallel art movement arose in Bengal around the same period. This adopted more ‘local’ approaches to harbour nationalist sentiments and explore what an ‘Indian’ style of art, free of British or European influences could mean. Click on the video below to learn more about these developments and how the works of artist Abanindranath Tagore (1971–1951) were central to this movement. 

The Making of an ‘Indian style’ of Painting: Abanindranth Tagore

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