Bengal School Of Art: Features & Role In Promoting And Inculcating Indian Nationalism

7^th August, 2021 marked the 150^th birth anniversary of Abanindranath Tagore. He was the leading light of the Bengal School of Art. It was associated with the nationalist Swadeshi movement and was spearheaded by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951). Abanindranath enjoyed the support of British administrator and principal of the Calcutta School of Art, E. B. Havell (1861–1934).

• The Bengal School of Art, also called the Renaissance School or the Revivalist School, was an art movement and a style of painting that originated in Calcutta, the centre of British power.
• It later influenced many artists in different parts of the country, including Shantiniketan, ....