Mukul Dey captures, in this delightful work, Festive Season / Group of Santal Dancers, the rhythmic movements and the kinetic energy of the three tribal dancers whom Dey observed closely as a student of art in Santiniketan. He was a pioneer in dry point etching and became the first Indian to travel abroad specifically for the purpose of studying printmaking. He travelled to Japan and subsequently to U.S.A. where he learnt dry point etching. Throughout his career, Dey travelled abroad to keep imbibing newer techniques in printmaking.
published references
Sengupta, Paula, The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, Volume II (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 90 Singh, Kishore, ed., Manifestations VII | 75 Artists, 20th Century Indian Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 67 Singh, Kishore, ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume III: Revivalism and Beyond (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 451
Mukul Dey
Festive Season / Group of Santal Dancers
1940
Drypoint on handmade paper
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Festive Season / Group of Santal Dancers
1940
Drypoint on handmade paper
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