who formed the indian society of oriental art
Abanindranath Tagore CIE Abanindranath Tagore
title: Nandalal Bose text: with a staff. It became the iconic image for the non-violence movement. His genius and original style were recognised by famous artists and art critics like Gaganendranath Tagore, Ananda Coomaraswamy and O. C. Ganguli. These lovers of art felt that objective criticism was necessary for the development of painting and founded the Indian Society of Oriental Art. He became principal of the Kala Bhavana (College of Arts) at Tagore's International University Santiniketan in 1922. He was also famously asked by Jawaharlal Nehru to sketch the emblems for the Government of India's awards, including the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Shri. title: Abanindranath Tagore text: Abanindranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore CIE (অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 August 1871 – 5 December 1951) was the principal artist and creator of the "Indian Society of Oriental Art". He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art, thereby founding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting He was also a noted writer, particularly for children. Popularly known as 'Aban Thakur', his books "Rajkahini, Budo Angla, Nalak," and "Khirer Putul" are landmarks in Bengali language children's literature. Tagore sought to modernise Mughal and Rajput styles to counter the influence of title: Ernest Binfield Havell text: of London, "The Studio". In January 1906 he left for England on long leave and finally in 1908, he was removed from the post. Havell worked with Abanindranath Tagore to redefine Indian art education. He established the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which sought to adapt British art education in India so as to reject the previous emphasis placed on European traditions in favour of revivals of native Indian styles of art, in particular the Mughal miniature tradition. He married Angelique Wilhelmina Jacobsen in 1895 at St Giles, London, Middlesex, England. The couple had a daughter, Sonia Joyce Havell in title: Gaganendranath Tagore text: actress Sharmila Tagore. Gaganendranath received no formal education but trained under the watercolourist Harinarayan Bandopadhyay. In 1907, along with his brother Abanindranath, he founded the Indian Society of Oriental Art which later published the influential journal "Rupam". Between 1906 and 1910, the artist studied and assimilated Japanese brush techniques and the influence of Far Eastern art into his own work, as demonstrated by his illustrations for Rabindranath Tagore’s autobiography "Jeevansmriti" (1912). He went on to develop his own approach in his "Chaitanya" and "Pilgrim" series. Gaganendranath eventually abandoned the revivalism of the Bengal School and took up caricature. The "Modern title: Abanindranath Tagore text: of Krishna in a Mughal-influenced style. After meeting E. B. Havell, Tagore worked with him to revitalise and redefine art teaching at the Calcutta School of art, a project also supported by his brother Gaganendranath, who set up the Indian Society of Oriental Art. Tagore believed in the traditional Indian techniques of painting. His philosophy rejected the "materialistic" art of the west and came back to Indian traditional art forms. He was influenced by the Mughal school of painting as well as Whistler's Aestheticism. In his later works, Tagore started integrating Chinese and Japanese calligraphic traditions into his style. Tagore