Tag Archives: Hemen Majumdar
Indian Summer
I have been away from wordpress for so so long. Travel meant I couldn’t sit down and write a long post. So a collation of several posts on the Indian summer that I did on tumblr. First up the most … Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, Ancient India, Art, contemporary fashion, costumes in art, Culture, fashion, Flora, Flowers, Flowers in Literature, India, Indian Aesthetics, indian art, Indian Costume, Indian Flora and Fauna, Indian Literature, Indian Women, miniature paintings, Paintings, Seasons, Women, women in art
Tagged aditi raychoudhry, anbu jawahar, bougainvillea, deepak kilewala, Dot, g sankara kurup, Hemen Majumdar, Indian Flora, jackfruit, jamun, jasmine, kharakapas, kumaril swamy, Kumki, laxmi chhaya, mango tree, miniature painting, parama g, rohini, salabhanjika, summer, tilfi, vilas chormale
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Recreating Vintage/Historical Art
Like him or hate him, Raja Ravi Varma remains influential more than a 100 years after his death. Recreating his work seems to be a bit of a thing ranging from the recent Rang Rasiya to Makaramanju to Pushpamala’s photo … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 1900s, 1930s, Art, art recreation, Asia, Bengal, Documentary, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Women, Malayalam Cinema, miniature paintings, Paintings, Sari, Vintage, vintage costume
Tagged 16th century, 1930s, Amit Dutta, Ananthabhadram, art, fashion, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Kavya Madhavan, Nainsukh, Raja Ravi Varma, style, vintage
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The 1920s Paintings Post
Mazumdar tended to hint at nudity by draping his models in semi-transparent or wet saris, a technique that was later adopted by Indian cinema. Hemendranath Mazumdar‘s naturalistic oils of partially clothed, vaguely erotic looking women were unsurprisingly popular in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, Art, Bengal, Culture, Early 20th Century, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Jewellery, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, vintage art, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1920s, Bengal Artists, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, india, paintings, sari, sari blouse, semi-clothed, Shilpi
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