This painting is created by an Indian artist Rabindranath Tagore. This head in profile of seated figure emerges from a dark-toned background built up with daubs of paint. There is a theatrical element in her appearance and pose. Art historian R. Siva Kumar dates this painting to c. 1934 and descriptively titles it Seated Woman. He notes the medium as 'colored ink on paper'.
- Identifier
- ngma-01293
- Material
- Ink, Paper
- Note
- Rabindranath Tagore was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, founder of a unique educational institution, Visva- Bharati, music composer and choreographer. Tagore's emergence as a painter began in 1928 when he was 67 years old. Beginning with scratching and erasures on the pages of his manuscripts during the mid-20s of the 20th Century, he slowly moved towards drawing and painting independent images. Between 1928 and 1940, Rabindranath painted more than 2000 images. He never gave any title to his paintings. Fed by memories and the subconscious, Rabindranath's art was spontaneous and dramatic. His images did not represent the phenomenal world but an interior reality. Rabindranath veered towards abstraction in his figuration. Expressionism in European art and the primitive art of ancient cultures inspired him. Fantasy, wild imagination and an innate feel for the absurd gave a distinctive character to his visual language. The National Gallery of Modern Art has a representative collection of his imagery.
- Pages
- 27.3 x 37.5 cm
- Published in
- India
- Type
- Painting
