art movementand a style of Indian painting that originated in Bengal, primarily Kolkata and Shantiniketan, and flourished throughout India during the British Raj in the early 20th century. Also known as 'Indian style of painting' in its early days, it was associated with Indian nationalism and led by Abanindranath Tagore but was also promoted and supported by British arts administrators like E. B. Havell, the principal of the Government College of Art, Kolkata from 1896; eventually it led to the development of the modern Indian painting. It makes me somewhat feel that art is not different from then and now, human beings and their thinkings have changed, art has always remained the same. There were different styles of artwork for sure, some were intriguing while some were artwork that really didn’t appeal to me, which is subjective ofcourse. For me , Abanindranath Tagore and his eldest brother Gaganindranath Tagore killed the scene in that wing of the nation gallery. They had exquisite work and different styles of painting. Interesting enough they had a really strong hand as a perspective far different from the herd. Along with the works of the Bengali contemporary art section, I witnessed many more stunning pieces of work, which were so very inspiring and magnificent to experience. It clearly shows that it will take a long time untit I'm able to be among these great artists, but its possible.
A road trip to the National Gallery of Modern Art. Standing outside the gallery I felt that my life’s dream was standing right in front of me. It has always been my dream to have a sculpture ofr an installation of mine exhibited in NGMA. Stepping into the space, the sleek design of the space is sheer brilliance. As we walked in to witness the sheer brilliance of indian art. The Bengali contemporary art section had shown most of the well renowned Bengali artists on this country. There was a great display of some of the most amazing painting co,ing from this country. Peronally I feel that Jamini Roys paintings were the best, ideally I feel that people have not seen a lot of his paintings apart from the madhubani style but they are fantastic. It so happens that his style is so different from the paintings of his time, moreover it looked like what a modern nday artist would piant. It made me introspect the fact that a space like the Bengal school of Art could stir up such knd of amazing ideas and thoughts.. The Bengal School of Art commonly referred as Bengal School, was an influential