Bireshwar Sen (1897-1974) was one of the more talented among Abanindranath Tagore’s students, he painted in the tradition of his teachers and drew from the Japanese artists Taikan and Kampo Arais. He held equal passion for English Literature as he did for Art giving them both his attention and his time.

A pivotal moment in Sen’s life came when he met with the Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich. After this he painted many a Himalayan landscapes in miniature format marking a new age of Indian painting. He said that his intention was not to imitate nature rather to let it inspire him. He believed that his task as an artist was to add to nature what it did not already have ‘the mind and soul of man’.

ESSAYS

Craft Design

by Bireshwar Sen

Published in Rooplekha, No.1, 1929, pp. 18-24

Paradoxical as it may seem, the new movement in Indian painting owes its inspiration to the old. During the first decade of the present century, attention of the connoisseurs was drawn by Mr. E. B. Havell, A. R. C. A., the then Principal of the Government

Essentials of art

by Bireshwar Sen

Art is the neglected Cinderella of our Universities and artists, as a class, rank very low on the rungs of our social ladder. From time immemorial they have been un-appreciated, unhonoured and unsung in our own country, so much so that Kautilya in his Arthashastra classifies them with pimps and

Main Currents of Modern Indian Art

by Bireshwar Sen

The works of Gogonendranath Tagore, the elder brother of Abanindranath have not received the just recognition that they deserve. Like his gifted brother he has also been influenced by various forces at one time of his life or another, though these influences were for the most part ephemeral. The dashing

Bireshwar Sen

Craft Design

Essentials of art

Main Currents of Modern Indian Art

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