Pioneer Indian graphic artist Mukul Dey has left behind a huge body of work, which throws light on the early 20th century Indian art scenario — including important papers, unpublished old and rare photographs, original paintings and graphic prints of Mukul Dey and his contemporaries.

All that he left behind do not tell his story alone. Instead, these fragile papers are capable of taking a researcher on a rare trip to a fascinating period of our cultural history which is yet to be fully explored and interpreted.

Located in a 75 years old garden where Dey lived and worked, Mukul Dey Archives is a private archive, located at Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan, in West Bengal, India. It is very conveniently connected to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), by rail and road. The archives complex consists of a spacious research room, picture gallery along with an adjoining guestroom — occupying a total area of approximately 850 sq. feet.

Mukul Dey Archives is ideal for serious researchers who want to do indepth research on:

• Early 20th century Indian art scenario.
• Neo-Bengal School of paintings and its exponents, including — Gagonendranath and Abanendranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Bose, Sarada Ukil etc.
• Rabindranath Tagore and early Santiniketan.
• Ajanta & Bagh
• Sigiriya & Sittanavasal
• Terracotta temples of Birbhum, West Bengal.
• Tagore Collection Catalogue.
• Japanese artists like — Yokoyama Taikan, Shimomura Kanzan, Tomitaro Hara, Yukio Yashiro, Arai Kampo, Ryohei Murayama etc.
• Japanese Imperialism (1915-1917).
• Late Meiji Japan.
• Early Taisho Japan.
• American and European artists and personalities like — Muirhead Bone, Frank Short, Annie Besant, Laurence Binyon, William Rothenstein, Albert Einstein, W W Pearson etc.

If you are interested in doing research at Mukul Dey Archives, you have to submit your resume and a short write up indicating your specific area of interest by any of the following methods:

• Though snail mail at the postal address:
  Mukul Dey Archives
  "Chitralekha" House
  Seba Palli
  P O Santiniketan
  West Bengal - 731235
• Through email —
• By filling up the feedback form.

On the basis of this information, we will decide whether your registration will be accepted. Once accepted, we will inform you about further steps to be taken. All visits will be by prior appointment only.

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