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Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore: Foreign Comments is
a recent inclusion to the Mukul Dey Archives;
it is an important document, donated by artist Shantanu Ukil, who,
in turn, had received
this document from the noted scholar and theoretician of Indian
art, Stella Kramrisch during early 1950s.
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Paintings
by Rabindranath Tagore
Foreign Comments
As a primary source to understand Rabindranath
Tagore’s output as a creative visual artist and the evaluation
of his art by western media, this document is invaluable.
After all, Mukul Dey apart, it was Europe first who had accepted Rabindranath
Tagore’s visual art in a chronological time frame. Needless to
say, much before the “educated” Indians took any cognizance
of Tagore’s merit as a visual artist, it was primarily the thinking
people of France and Germany who had extended their critical appreciation
to his art in 1930.
Tagore on his part was no less pragmatic to perceive the worth of
Europe as well…
A detailed description of the document is given below:
1. Physical Description:
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Printed document containing 20 pages recto-verso
+ cover page and rear cover. |
2. Dimension:
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25.4 cm. High x 19 cm. Wide. |
3. Title:
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Paintings / by / Rabindranath Tagore / Foreign Comments |
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4. Publisher:
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Printed and published by N. Mukherjee, B.A., at the Art Press,
81, Central Avenue, Calcutta. |
The above-mentioned booklet contains the following sections.
Spelling is kept intact as per the original. Page numbers are put
in brackets:
- Tagore’s Drawings by Joseph Southall,
Birmingham. (pp. 1).
- Clipping from BIRMINGHAM MAIL – Review by
Kaines-Smith. (pp. 2-3).
- “My Pictures are Verses” /
RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S EXHIBITION AT CHARLOTENBURG / Berlingske
Tidende / (Denmark) / August 9th. 1930. (pp.3-4).
- CUTTINGS FROM GERMAN PAPERS: MUENCHENER
TELEGRAM-ZEITUNG, MUENCHEN (23-7-30); HAMBURGER FREMDENBLATT (29-7-30);
HAMBURGE FREMDENBLATT (26-7-30); VOSSICHE ZEITUNG, BERLIN (16-7-30)
/ Rabindranath Tagore as a Painter – Exhibition
in the Galerie Moeller; BERLINER BOERSENZEITUNG, BERLIN
/ Rabindranath Tagore’s Paintings and Drawings; MANNHEIMER
TAGEBLATT (22-7-30); MUENCHENER TELEGRAM-ZEITUNG, MUENCHEN; DRESDENER
ANZEIGER, DRESDEN; BERLINER MORGENZEITUNG (24-7-30); BERLINER TAGEBLATT
(16-7-30); VORWAERTS, BERLIN (21-7-30); DRESDENER ANZEIGER, DRESDEN
(19-7-30); HANNOVERSCHER KURIER (19-7-30); VOSSISCHE ZEITUNG, BERLIN
(17-7-30) / Rabindranath Tagore Takes to Painting / Exhibition
at the Moeller Gallery; NATIONALTIDENDE (9-8-30). (pp.
4-12).
- Tagore’s Drawings and the National Galerie, Berlin (This
section of the document contains the full text of two letters. One
from L. Thormachten to Herr Moeller of Moeller Gallery, dated 14
August, 1930, and the other from Rabindranath Tagore to Geheimrat
Justi, dated 16 August, 1930. - Ed.). (pp. 12-13)
- (A very detailed and translated review of the first ever exhibition
of Rabindranath Tagore at Galerie Pigalle, Paris. Undated. – Ed.).
(pp. 13-17).
- Preface to the catalogue for the exhibition at Galerie Pigalle,
Paris by Comtesse de Noailles. (pp. 17-18).
- Introduction to Rabindranath Tagore’s paintings by Ananda
K. Coomaraswamy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (pp. 18-20).
- Tagore the Artist by Stella Kramrisch.
(pp. 20).
Note: For a reasonably detailed account of artist
Mukul Dey’s role in promoting Rabindranath Tagore’s art
in general, and sponsoring Tagore’s first Indian solo exhibition
in 1932, the visitors might consult our web page
www.chitralekha.org/rabindranath.htm
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