Government of India
Woman's Face
Keywords: Modern Painting
Artwork
Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Description: There is a printed label on the back carrying Rabindranath Tagore’s seal designed by him and an older classification number. This iconic head study of a veiled woman adopts Rabindranath’s favourite oval form. It is done in sepia ink and is lightly textured. The face has a dreamy quality, an elusive beauty with large, understanding eyes. Art historian R. Siva Kumar dates this painting to c.1930 and descriptively titles it Face of a Veiled Woman. He notes the medium as ‘coloured ink on paper’. The inscription mentions, signed ‘Sri Rabindra’ in Bengali at the bottom left corner of the painting with pen.
Type: Painting
Received From: National Gallery Of Modern Art, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-10T03:56:50Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T03:56:50Z |
| dc.description | There is a printed label on the back carrying Rabindranath Tagore’s seal designed by him and an older classification number. This iconic head study of a veiled woman adopts Rabindranath’s favourite oval form. It is done in sepia ink and is lightly textured. The face has a dreamy quality, an elusive beauty with large, understanding eyes. Art historian R. Siva Kumar dates this painting to c.1930 and descriptively titles it Face of a Veiled Woman. He notes the medium as ‘coloured ink on paper’. The inscription mentions, signed ‘Sri Rabindra’ in Bengali at the bottom left corner of the painting with pen. |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Rabindranath Tagore was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, founder of a unique educational institution, Visva- Bharati, music composer and choreographer. Tagore's emergence as a painter began in 1928 when he was 67 years old. Beginning with scratchings and erasures on the pages of his manuscripts during the mid-20s of the 20th Century, he slowly moved towards drawing and painting independent images. Between 1928 and 1940, Rabindranath painted more than 2000 images. He never gave any title to his paintings. Fed by memories and the subconscious, Rabindranath's art was spontaneous and dramatic. His images did not represent the phenomenal world but an interior reality. Rabindranath veered towards abstraction in his figuration. Expressionism in European art and the primitive art of ancient cultures inspired him. Fantasy, wild imagination and an innate feel for the absurd gave a distinctive character to his visual language. The National Gallery of Modern Art has a representative collection of his imagery. |
| dc.format.extent | 51 x 53.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Artwork |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-01241 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Ink, Paper |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-10T03:56:50Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T03:56:50Z |
| dc.description | There is a printed label on the back carrying Rabindranath Tagore’s seal designed by him and an older classification number. This iconic head study of a veiled woman adopts Rabindranath’s favourite oval form. It is done in sepia ink and is lightly textured. The face has a dreamy quality, an elusive beauty with large, understanding eyes. Art historian R. Siva Kumar dates this painting to c.1930 and descriptively titles it Face of a Veiled Woman. He notes the medium as ‘coloured ink on paper’. The inscription mentions, signed ‘Sri Rabindra’ in Bengali at the bottom left corner of the painting with pen. |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Rabindranath Tagore was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, founder of a unique educational institution, Visva- Bharati, music composer and choreographer. Tagore's emergence as a painter began in 1928 when he was 67 years old. Beginning with scratchings and erasures on the pages of his manuscripts during the mid-20s of the 20th Century, he slowly moved towards drawing and painting independent images. Between 1928 and 1940, Rabindranath painted more than 2000 images. He never gave any title to his paintings. Fed by memories and the subconscious, Rabindranath's art was spontaneous and dramatic. His images did not represent the phenomenal world but an interior reality. Rabindranath veered towards abstraction in his figuration. Expressionism in European art and the primitive art of ancient cultures inspired him. Fantasy, wild imagination and an innate feel for the absurd gave a distinctive character to his visual language. The National Gallery of Modern Art has a representative collection of his imagery. |
| dc.format.extent | 51 x 53.5 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Artwork |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-01241 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Ink, Paper |
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