Asit Kumar Haldar

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Asit Kumar Haldar
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Known forPainting
MovementBengal School of Art

Asit Kumar Haldar (10 September 1890 – 13 February 1964) was an Indian

Bengal renaissance
.

Early life

Haldar was born in

Bengali artists
in 1905 – Jadu Pal and Bakkeswar Pal, and he also learned from Leonard Jennings.

Career

From 1909 to 1911 he was in the

Bengali painters, the object of which was to bring cave art to a wider Indian audience.[3] In 1921, he undertook another expedition, this time to the Bagh Caves and his reflections on the art there indicate quite a few surrealistic depictions[4]

From 1911 to 1915 he was an art teacher at

Kala Bhavan school from 1911 to 1923, assisting Tagore with cultural and artistic activities. During this time, he introduced many different styles to art to the students, and revolutionized decorative and ceremonial displays there.[6]

In 1923, he went on a study tour through England, France and Germany. On his return, he became Principal of the Maharaja’s School of Arts and Crafts, Jaipur where he remained for a year, before moving to the Government School of Arts and Crafts in Lucknow in the year 1925[7] as principal and worked till 1945.[citation needed]

Work

Art

Haldar made a tour of

watercolors, and even ranged to some photography.[8]

Dhruva, Painting, published in Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists
(1914).

His masterpieces include:

  • Krsna and Yashoda
  • Awakening of Mother India
  • Rai-Raja Lotus
  • Kunala and Ashoka
  • Raslila
  • The Flame of Music
  • Pronam

Poetry

Haldar was a budding poet throughout his life. He translated

poetic umbrella.[8]
He is also the author of various books in Bengali, viz. Ajanta (A travelogue to the Caves of Ajanta), Ho-der Galpo (The life and culture of the Ho tribe), Bagh Guha and Ramgarh (Another travelogue to the Bagh Cave and Ramgarh in Central India, etc. A newly annotated edition of Ajanta has recently been published by Lalmati, Kolkata, with annotations, additions and photographs by Prasenjit Dasgupta and Soumen Paul. A newly annotated edition of Bagguha and Ramgarh written by Asit Kumar Halder has been published by New Age Publishers, Kolkata, with annotations, additions and photographs by Prasenjit Dasgupta and Soumen Paul.

Tributes

Stamp of India – 1991 – Colnect 164218 – Sidhatrtha with an Injured Bird – by Haldar

Haldar was the first Indian to be appointed as the principal of a Government Art School. He was also the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London in 1934. The Allahabad Museum opened a large "Haldar Hall" with many of his works in 1938.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 81-89013-11-4
  2. ^ Teacher of the Artist Archived 22 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Sanat Art Gallery
  3. ^ "Ajanta: An artist's perspective". The Hindu. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 24 June 2003.
  4. ^ The Buddhist Caves of Bagh - The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 43, No. 247. (Oct., 1923)
  5. ^ Asitkumar Haldar (1890-1964) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Visva Bharati Institute
  6. ^ a b c Chowdhury, Sima Roy (2012). "Haldar, Asit Kumar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  7. ^ "Asitkumar Haldar".
  8. ^
    ISBN 81-7017-310-8
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