150th Birth Anniversary of Abanindranath Tagore

Abanindranath Tagore was one of the most prominent artists of Bengal school of art in India.
He was the first major supporter of swadeshi values in Indian art.
He first created the ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ and later went on to establish Bengal school of art
He believed that Indian art and its art forms gave importance to spirituality as opposed to the West which stressed on materialism, thus rejecting it.
Most of his works revolved around Hindu philosophy.
In his later works, Abanindranath started integrating Chinese and Japanese calligraphic traditions into his style.
Bharat Mata, The Passing of Shah Jahan (1900), My Mother (1912–13), Fairyland illustration (1913), Journey’s End (circa 1913) are some of his famous paintings.
Most of his literary works were meant for children. Some of his books like ‘BudoAngla’, ‘KhirerPutul’ and ‘Rajkahini’ are best examples of Bengali children’s literature.
William Rothenstein helped Rabindranath Tagore to publish his work ‘Gitanjali’ in English.
Arabian Nights series was one of his notable works.