
Mukul Dey
Indian painter-engraver Mukul Chandra Dey (1895-1989) — better known as Mukul Dey — was an important personality of his time. A student of Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan School during the early years of the 20th century (c. 1906-1912), he left his mark as a pioneer of drypoint-etching in India.
An extremely sensitive artist (perhaps temperamental at times), he chose an essentially Western medium to depict subjects of Indian life and legends from a common man’s viewpoint. The river scenes of Bengal, the Baul singers, the bazaars of Calcutta, or the life of Santhal villages in Birbhum — all these attracted his attention and he recorded his vision with deep feeling and a rare sureness of hand. Read More..
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AddressMukul Dey Archives Trust, "Chitralekha" House, Seba-Palli, P. O. Santiniketan, West Bengal - 731235, India
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Emailsukil@chitralekha.org
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Websitehttp://www.chitralekha.org/