Bengal School of Art
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The Bengal School of Art was an early 20th-century Indian art movement that sought to revive indigenous artistic traditions and reject Western academic styles, becoming a cornerstone of modern Indian art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bengal School of Art canonical | 8 |
| Bengal school of art (context) | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian art movement
ⓘ
art movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Government School of Art Calcutta
Indian Society of Oriental Art ⓘ Kala Bhavana ⓘ Visva-Bharati University ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
delicate contour lines
ⓘ
muted color palette ⓘ revivalist historicism ⓘ spiritual and romantic themes ⓘ wash technique ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
rejection of Western academic art styles
ⓘ
revival of indigenous Indian artistic traditions ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Abanindranath Tagore
ⓘ
Asit Kumar Haldar ⓘ E. B. Havell ⓘ Gaganendranath Tagore ⓘ Jamini Roy ⓘ K. Venkatappa ⓘ Kshitindranath Majumdar ⓘ Mukul Dey ⓘ Nandalal Bose ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
surface form:
Rabanindranath Tagore
Sailoz Mookherjea ⓘ Sarada Ukil ⓘ Pratima Devi ⓘ
surface form:
Sunayani Devi
Surendranath Ganguly ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Buddhist themes
ⓘ
Hindu epics ⓘ Indian mythology ⓘ Indian rural life ⓘ nationalist sentiment ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Indian nationalist movement
ⓘ
late colonial India ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian nationalist art
ⓘ
Santiniketan School ⓘ modern Indian painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ajanta Caves
ⓘ
surface form:
Ajanta cave paintings
Indian miniature painting ⓘ Japanese wash techniques ⓘ Mughal paintings ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal painting
Pan-Asianism in art ⓘ |
| location |
Bengal region
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ Santiniketan ⓘ |
| movement | modern Indian art ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Victorian naturalism in art
ⓘ
Western academic realism ⓘ |
| significance |
cornerstone of modern Indian art
ⓘ
major force in cultural nationalism in India ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bengal school of art (context)