Mukul Dey (West Bengal)
About Artist
Mukul Dey, born in 1895 in Calcutta, was a renowned Indian artist known for his extensive body of work, including over 100 copper plates and more than 2,000 paintings and drawings, with a particular expertise in drypoint etchings. Dey began his artistic journey under the tutelage of Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan and later studied informally under Abanindranath and Gaganendranath Tagore. By the age of 18, his artworks were exhibited by the Indian Society of Oriental Art in Paris and London. He also studied at the Slade School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. Throughout his career, Dey participated in several international exhibitions, including those in Kolkata, Paris, London, San Francisco, and Chicago. He travelled with Rabindranath Tagore to Japan and the U.S., where he trained in intaglio printmaking under James Blanding Sloan at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1928, Dey became the first Indian Principal of the Government School of Art in Calcutta, where he served for 15 years. He later settled in Santiniketan, continuing his work in printmaking, painting, and writing, and studying temple frescoes in Sri Lanka and South India. Among his numerous accolades, Dey was awarded the Jubilee Medal of King George V and Queen Mary (1936), the Coronation Medal (1937), and the prestigious Abanindra Puraskar by the Government of West Bengal. He was also a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi (1987) and received an honorary Doctorate from Rabindra Bharati University in the same year. Dey also held a Fulbright Scholarship and served as curator of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (1953-54). The artist passed away in 1989.Artwork
Untitled | 26 X 17 Inches
