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Sunayani Devi

Sunayani Devi

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Sunayani Devi (18 June 1875 – 23 February 1962) was an Indian painter born into the aristocratic Tagore family in Calcutta, West Bengal. She was a self taught artist, with no academic training in art, she started painting only at the age of 30.

She was married at the age of 12... via Wikipedia

Sunayani Devi (1875 - 1962), Lady holding a fan"m, ca.1920s

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Sunayani Devi (1875 - 1962), "Lady holding a fan" (c.1920s).

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Sunayani Devi

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Sunayani Devi

Untitled (Krishna), 1920

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Sunayani Devi. Watercolour on paper.

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Sunayani Devi. Watercolour on paper.

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Sunayani Devi Self Portrait India (1920s) Watercolour on paper [Source]

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Sunayani Devi was a pioneering woman artist in modern India. She was on 18/06/1875 in Calcutta, West Bengal. Married to the grand son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy at the age of 11. Her famous brothers Abanindranath, Gaganendranath and Samarendranath, inspired her to take up painting. Started painting at the age of 30. She took inspiration from Indian epics and mythologies. The theme of her paintings revolved around the characters of Krishna Lila, Ramayana, Mahabharata etc., and her style was highly influenced by Bengal Pata paintings. Established an art school called Kala Bharati, Calcutta. Sunayani Devi’s naive and primitive art represented a spontaneous and deeply personal practice, at a time when patriarchal mores dictated women to be confined within domesticity, and by dint of this, her art came to be seen from an anti-colonial frame. Shadowed by the legacy of the Tagore family... Sunayani Devi died on  23/02/1962.