E. B. Havell

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E. B. Havell was a British art historian and educator who played a pivotal role in promoting and shaping the nationalist-oriented Bengal School of Art in early 20th-century India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
art historian
educator
person
advocated integration of Indian aesthetics into art education
revival of traditional Indian artistic styles
areaOfInfluence Bengal NERFINISHED
British India NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
20th century
countryOfWork India NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
describedAs pivotal figure in early 20th-century Indian art education
employer Government School of Art, Calcutta NERFINISHED
familyName Havell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Indian art history
art education
fullName Ernest Binfield Havell NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Ernest NERFINISHED
influenced Abanindranath Tagore NERFINISHED
artists of the Bengal School of Art
knownFor promotion of the Bengal School of Art
reform of art education in colonial India
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Binfield NERFINISHED
movement Bengal School of Art NERFINISHED
nationality United Kingdom NERFINISHED
notableWork A Handbook of Indian Art NERFINISHED
Indian Sculpture and Painting NERFINISHED
The Ideals of Indian Art NERFINISHED
occupation art historian
educator
museum curator
opposed purely academic European art training in India
positionHeld principal of the Government School of Art, Calcutta
roleIn shaping nationalist-oriented Bengal School of Art
supported nationalist-oriented Indian art
workLocation Calcutta NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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