This painting is created by an Indian artist Gaganendranath Tagore. This misty landscape of the then Bengal's riverine countryside reveals Gaganendranath Tagore's masterly handling of wash and tempera. The painting belongs to the early phase of Gaganendranath Tagore's painting career before 1911. The command over the Japanese wash technique came as the influence of visiting Japanese artists Yokoyama Taikan and Shuns Hishida, who came to Kolkata in the early years of the 20th century. The artist signed 'G.T' in English at the bottom right corner of the black ink painting.
- Identifier
- ngma-01369
- 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
- 17.9 x 20.3 cm
- Published in
- India
- Type
- Painting
