Sunayani Devi

Sunayani Devi (18 June 1875 – 23 February 1962) was an Indian painter born into the aristocratic Tagore family in Calcutta, West Bengal. She was a self taught artist, with no academic training in art. Inspired by her brothers, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, and Samarendranath Tagore, she started painting only at the age of 30[1][2] She was married at the age of 11 to the grandson of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Painting style and themes

Known to be a true primitive of the Bengal Art School, she drew inspiration from the folk Pata painting style which was familiar to the women of the Tagore household. Often depicting scenes from Indian epics and mythologies in her works. Some of her notable works are Sadhika, Ardhanarisvar, Satir Dehatyag, Milk Maids, Yashoda and Krishna among others.[3]

Early life

Sunayani Devi was born on 18 June 1875[4] in the historically influential Tagore family in Calcutta. She was married at the age of 11 to Rajanimohan Chattopadhyaya.[5] She never had a formal training in art other than the art and music lessons as feminine accomplishments, as Partha Mitter cites in his bookThe Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-garde, 1922-1947[6]

Exhibitions

Some of the exhibitions of Sunayani Devi's paintings are:[7]

  1. 1908, 10, 12 Exhb., Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta.
  2. 1911 United Provinces Exhb. organised by Indian Society of Oriental Art, Allahabad.
  3. 1911 Festival of Empire, organised by Indian Society of Oriental Art for George Vs Coronation Crystal Palace, London.
  4. 1924 Travelling exhb. organised by Indian Society of Oriental Art and American Federation of Art, USA.
  5. 2004 Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.[8]
  6. 2011 Summer Oasis, organised by Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata[9]

Museums

Sunayani Devi's paintings are part of the collection of many prestigious Museums. These include:[10]

  1. Indian Museum Kolkata
  2. NGMA, Bengaluru
  3. NGMA New Delhi
  4. The National Art Gallery, Chennai.
  5. Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram.
  6. Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore.
  7. Lucknow University, Lucknow.
  8. Rabindra Bharati University Museum, Kolkata.
  9. Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata.

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Kishore (10 April 2015). "It's all relative". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Helland, Janice (2016). Local/Global: Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 66–67. ISBN 9780754631972.
  3. ↑ Kar, Amina. "Critical collective". Critical Collective.
  4. ↑ "Artist Gellary - SUNAYANI DEVI". goaartgallery.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. ↑ "Women Artists of Bangladesh". Wikipedia. 2017-12-07.
  6. ↑ Mitter, Partha (2007). The Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-garde, 1922-1947. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781861893185.
  7. ↑ "Goa Art Gallery".
  8. ↑ "The Hindu".
  9. ↑ "Timeout".
  10. ↑ "Museums of India (Government Website)".
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