Somnath Hore

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Somnath Hore was a prominent Indian modernist printmaker and sculptor known for his powerful, socially engaged depictions of human suffering and his pioneering work in printmaking techniques.

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instanceOf Indian artist ⓘ
person ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
artisticTheme famine ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
war ⓘ
awardReceived Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship ⓘ
National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
birthDate 1921-04-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Chittagong ⓘ
collaboratedWith Chittaprosad Bhattacharya ⓘ
linked to: Chittaprosad Das

Zainul Abedin ⓘ
deathDate 2006-09-01 ⓘ
education Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta ⓘ
employer Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University ⓘ
linked to: Kala Bhavana
field printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
influencedBy Bengal famine of 1943 ⓘ
Communist movement in Bengal ⓘ
Tebhaga movement ⓘ
knownFor depictions of human suffering ⓘ
experimental printmaking techniques ⓘ
socially engaged art ⓘ
wound series ⓘ
movement Indian modernism ⓘ
name Somnath Hore ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork Wounds series (bronze sculptures) ⓘ
Wounds series (prints) ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of India ⓘ
positionHeld head of graphics department at Kala Bhavana ⓘ
spouse Reba Hore ⓘ
style expressionism ⓘ
taughtAt Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan ⓘ
linked to: Kala Bhavana
technique intaglio printmaking ⓘ
lithography ⓘ
pulp-print technique ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
workLocation Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

Santiniketan ⓘ

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Kala Bhavana → hasNotableAlumni → Somnath Hore ⓘ
Somnath Hore → name → Somnath Hore ⓘ