He was born on 7th August in West Bengal. If we want to connect his name with someone famous, then as you may already know he is related to Rabindranath Tagore. He is the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. We might not know a lot about him as he got overshadowed by his uncle. But today we will talk about the unsung hero, Abanindranath Tagore.
Tagore was born in Calcutta to a wealthy and distinguished family. His uncle was the noted Indian poet, musician, artist, and Nobel Prize recipient, Rabindranath Tagore. Both his brother and grandfather were also artists. Tagore began his formal art education when he was just 11 years old at Sanskrit College.
Abanindranath Tagore was a painter. In fact, a lot of Abanindranath Tagore’s relatives were cartoonists and painters. He was the principal artist of ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’. He founded the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting. He founded the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting. He valued Swadeshi art a lot. He believed that Western art was "materialistic" in character, and that India needed to return to its own traditions to recover its spiritual values.
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