This painting is created by an Indian artist Gaganendranath Tagore. It is difficult to date Gaganendranath Tagore's landscapes. However, art writers say that his earliest sketches and landscapes can be traced back to 1905 onwards. He began travelling to Darjeeling in the then Bengal from 1912 onwards. He captured the majesty of the mountains in several watercolours. He also created landscapes of Puri as well as landscapes of Ranchi and the then Bengal countryside. The landscape paintings capture an openness of vista and show the wash painting techniques' influence on the Japanese artists, Taikan (1868-1958) and Hishida (1874-1911), who visited Kolkata in 1902 1903 and interacted with the new artists of Bengal. The artist signed 'G. T.' in Bengali at the bottom right corner of the painting with brush. The signature is embossed with a round red seal.
- Identifier
- ngma-01646
- Material
- Wash, Tempera, Paper
- Note
- Born to the family of Tagore's of Jorasanko, Kolkata, Gaganendranath was the elder brother of Abanindranath Tagore. With little formal training in art, Gaganendranath began painting at an advanced age. He was inspired by the calligraphic brushwork and the wash technique of the visiting Japanese artists, Yokoyama Taikan and Hishida Shunsho. In the early 20's of the Twentieth century, Gaganendranath responded positively to the European modernist idiom. He began painting seriously when he started illustrating his uncle Rabindranath Tagore's autobiography in 1911. Gaganendranath like his younger brother Abanindranath and uncle Rabindranath had a wide range of interests that covered theatre, fantasy and the like. He also practiced photography and this can be seen in the use of light and shadows in his paintings. From 1917 onwards he did a series of satirical caricatures of changes taking place in the society of his times. Many of his paintings were referred to as 'cubist' because of the division of the figures and ground into geometrical planes. Gaganendranath painted portraits, landscapes, caricatures, abstract and 'cubist' paintings.
- Pages
- 18.3 x 23.4 cm
- Published in
- India
- Type
- Painting
