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Abanindranath Tagore
Accession No . 1181
Artist Name. Abanindranath Tagore
Title. Dreaming of Kailash
Medium. Wash and tempera on paper
Size. 5.5" x 6.5"
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Abanindranath's painting of a bull highlights the story-telling aspect of the artist's imagination. Abanindranath's place as a master story teller of Bengali children's literature is well established. He endows his animals with almost human feelings and emotions. The solitary animal in the image is homesick for his distant mountain home. It has reference to the mythological account of the bull being the vehicle of Shiva whose abode is Mount Kailash. The palette indicates that the painting may have been done between 1915 and 1920.
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