Benode Behari Mukherjee

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Benode Behari Mukherjee was a pioneering Indian modernist painter and muralist associated with Santiniketan, known for his innovative visual language and profound influence on 20th-century Indian art.

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Benode Behari Mukherjee canonical 6
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instanceOf Indian painter ⓘ
art educator ⓘ
modernist artist ⓘ
muralist ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Bengal School of Art ⓘ
Kala Bhavana ⓘ
Santiniketan ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University ⓘ
awardReceived Padma Shri ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Rabindra Bharati University honorary D.Litt. ⓘ
birthDate 1904-02-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Behala, Calcutta, British India ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 1980-11-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan ⓘ
linked to: Kala Bhavana
employer Bharatiya Kala Bhavan, Benaras Hindu University ⓘ
Doon School, Dehradun ⓘ
linked to: Doon School

Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan ⓘ
linked to: Kala Bhavana
familyName Mukherjee ⓘ
fullName Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
genre collage ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
mural painting ⓘ
givenName Benode Behari ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi ⓘ
Visva-Bharati University collections ⓘ
influenced K. G. Subramanyan ⓘ
linked to: K.G. Subramanyan

Ramkinkar Baij ⓘ
Satyajit Ray ⓘ
generations of Indian modernist painters ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese landscape painting ⓘ
East Asian art ⓘ
Indian miniature painting ⓘ
Japanese art ⓘ
folk art of India ⓘ
knownFor influence on 20th-century Indian art ⓘ
innovative visual language in Indian modern art ⓘ
pioneering mural work in India ⓘ
teaching at Santiniketan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
medicalCondition blindness in later life ⓘ
severe myopia ⓘ
movement Contextual Modernism ⓘ
Indian modernism ⓘ
notableWork Medieval Saints of India mural at Hindi Bhavana, Santiniketan ⓘ
Temple mural at Kalabhavan hostel, Santiniketan ⓘ
collages and paper works created after blindness ⓘ
landscape paintings of Santiniketan ⓘ
mural at the Faculty of Hindi, Visva-Bharati ⓘ
mural at the Hindi Bhavan, Santiniketan depicting Indian medieval saints ⓘ
mural at the Hindi Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University ⓘ
occupation muralist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
spouse Leela Mukherjee ⓘ
studentOf Nandalal Bose ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
subjectOf documentary film "The Inner Eye" by Satyajit Ray ⓘ

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Kala Bhavana → hasNotableAlumni → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
Kala Bhavana → hasNotableFaculty → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
Nandalal Bose → influenced → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
Benode Behari Mukherjee → fullName → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
Benode Behari Mukherjee → givenName → Benode Behari ⓘ
linked to: Benode Behari Mukherjee
K.G. Subramanyan → influencedBy → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ
Santiniketan School → notableFigure → Benode Behari Mukherjee ⓘ