This painting is created by Kshitindranath Majumdar using wash and tempera on paper. It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
- Identifier
- ngma-00324
- Material
- Wash, Tempera, Paper
- Note
- Kshitindranath Majumdar was born in the remote district of Murshidabad, Bengal and since his early childhood was keenly interested in music, drama, painting and religion. He became an active member of different drama groups and frequently performed varied roles in the village plays. It was Mahendra Narayan, founder of Nimtia Theatre Group who noticed Kshitindranth's talent as an artist and persuaded his father to allow him to join the Government School of art, Kolkata under the tutelage of Abanindranth Tagore and Percy Brown. Young Kshitindranth was sent off to Kolkata to pursue his art studies and thereafter he joined the Indian Society of Oriental Art as an art teacher first and then as its principal. He also served at Allahabad University in the capacity of Principal. The Bengal School was an influential art movement that emphasised on the revivalism of the traditional art practices of the country as opposed to the academic art that was being practiced by both Indian artists and those following the British School. The movement was heralded by EB Havell, Principal of Government College of Art, Kolkata and Abanindranath Tagore. Under the attentive guidance of Abanindranth Tagore, Kshitindranath Majumdar soon emerged as one of the luminaries of Bengal School. He carried on the revivalist trend with his own stylistic approach. Kshitindranath Majumdar painted mythological and religious subjects His extraordinary power of brilliant renderation of slender figures in their flowing garbs, modest gestures and placed in their idyllic settings was further accentuated by the use of delicate watercolours executed in the wash technique. He was famous for his depiction of mythological and religious subjects and was influenced by the teachings of the Sri Chaitanya . His works portray the extraordinary power of expression inspired by his personal understanding of religious concepts of `Bhakti`.
- Pages
- 28.5 x 52.8 cm
- Published in
- India
- Type
- Painting
