Abanindranath Tagore
Early Life and Background Born: May 7, 1861, Joransanko, Calcutta, British India Died: December 5, 1951 Family: Member of the distinguished Tagore family; nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. His grandfather was Girindranath Tagore, and his father was Gunendranath Tagore. Education: Studied at Sanskrit College, Kolkata in the 1880s and later attended Calcutta School of Art. Artistic Development and Influences Early Training: Learned pastels from O. Ghilardi and oil painting from Charles Palmer at Calcutta School of Art. Mughal and Rajput Styles: Sought to modernize these styles, rej…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Abanindranath Tagore's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.