Abanindranath Tagore

Abanindranath Tagore was born on 7 August 1871 in the family house at Jorasanko, in Calcutta; he was Rabindranath's nephew. Trained in European painting by Olinto Ghilardi and Charles Palmer, he turned, encouraged by E. B. Havell, to Mughal and Rajput miniatures, learned the Japanese wash technique and founded what came to be called the Bengal school. Vice-principal of the Calcutta School of Art from 1905 to 1915, he taught Nandalal Bose and Asit Haldar, wrote and illustrated books for children, and died in Calcutta on 5 December 1951.

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• TaleThe Make-Believe Princeক্ষীরের পুতুলAbanindranath Tagore · 1896Literature