Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore: Simplest in form, deepest in spirituality with cosmic feeling By Prabuddha Ghosh Many of us know Rabindranath Tagore as a Nobel Laureate, author, playwright, writer, philosopher, and musician; however, very few people know him as an artist, an intense painter with a keen interest in the human form and nature – and truly a national and international figure in Pre-modern and Indian Modernism art. His works are freely executed with brush, cloth, cotton and even his fingers. Tagore saw art as a bridge connecting the person to the world through the strands of human nature and emotion. Tagore didn't begin painting right away. Doodling was his first foray into the world of drawing. He would usually write something and then cut across the lines. He'd then use his intuitive imagination to fill in the overwriting and other corrections into something that resembled a shape and form. It may come from the idea of reality in realistic pattern or in abstracti...
Prabuddha is a contemporary Artist and Art Appreciator. He is writing (blogging) here about his feelings and views about different events and aspects of Visual Arts. He curates Exhibitions, Installations and supports Artists, Artisans and Craftsmen through his own non-profit organization....