Pratima Devi (painter)
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Pratima Devi (1893–1969) was an Indian Bengali artist, widely known for her artistic abilities. She was wife of Rathindranath Tagore. The poet took special interest in developing her capabilities.
Parentage
She was daughter of Seshendra Bhusan Chattopadhyay and Binayani Devi, sister of Gaganendranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore.[1][2]
Activities
Pratima studied art under painter Nandalal Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.[1] Rabindranath encouraged her to pursue her artistic talents.[3] She exhibited her work at the Indian Society of Oriental Art, run by the Tagore family, from 1915 onwards.[4] She then moved to Paris, where she studied the Italian "wet fresco" method.[4]
Immediately after her marriage in 1910, Pratima accompanied by her husband, had lived for sometime at the family estate at
Early life, marriage and death
Pratima Devi was born in
Family
Nandini Tagore was married in 1940. Rabindranath composed the song Sumangali bodhu sanchita rekho prane, for the occasion of his granddaughter's marriage to Giridhari Lala. They used to stay in Chhayanir in Ratanpally.[12][13][5] Nandini's son, Sunandan Lala, attended Patha Bhavana and then went on to complete PhD in synthetic organic chemistry. As of 2012, they stay in Bangalore.[14][15]
Books
Pratima wrote several books. Nirban focussed on the last year of the poet's life. In Smritichinha, she talks of Abanindranath and Rabindranath. Nritya documents the tradition of dance at Santiniketan. Chitralekha is a collection of her poems and other writings.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Pratima Devi (1893–1969)". Visva-Bharati. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 81-85626-65-0, Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd., 32A Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata.
- ISBN 9780143416142.
- ^ ISBN 9781861893185.
- ^ a b c "কবিপুত্র" [Kabiputra] (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ISBN 9788132106128.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Rabindranath's Tagore's Descendants". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Rathindranath Part I". Smarak Grantha. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Nandini adopted child of Rathindranath and Pratima". Smarak Grantha. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "A Page out of a Radical's Life". The Book Review Literary Trust. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Lyric and background history of the song Sumangali Bodhu Sanchito". All about Rabindra Sangeet. Gitabitan.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Rabindranath Tagore at grand daughter's marriage". Pinterest. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Sunandan Lala". Linkedin. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Remembering the genius of Tagore". Deccan Herald, 1 May 2012. May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2019.