Originally from the Chittagong district of undivided Bengal, Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir studied fine art under Nandalal Bose in Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. According to some art critics, he did several paintings of dancing figures in the 1950s—possibly because he directed some of Tagore’s dance-dramas—and could have sought inspiration for his paintings from them. Noted author Amit Chaudhuri, writing on Khastgir’s works, said, ‘In situating his art in the metaphor of performance, he seems almost unique among Indian painters of his time.’
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
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Oil on Masonite board
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