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Subho Tagore | |
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Born | 1912 (1912) |
Died | 1985 (1986) |
Known for | Painting, magazine editing |
Spouse(s) | Nirmala Tagore Aarti Tagore |
Children | Chitralekha Shubham (Daughter) Siddhartha Shubham (Son) Sundarshubham (Son) |
Parent(s) | Ritendranath Tagore (Father) Aloka Devi (Mother) |
Subho Tagore, full name Subhagendranath Tagore (Bengali: āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ°) (January 3, 1912 â July 17, 1985), was theââgreat-grandson of Maharshi Debendranath Tagore. His career spanned within his life of seven decades as a painter, "poet," magazine editor and "art collector."
Birth and educationâģ
Subho Tagore was born on 3rd January 1912 in Jorasanko Tagore family, Calcutta. However, he was a 'rebel' even though he was born in the atmosphere of fame and tradition of Tagore family. From his childhood, he rebelled against his family, against the "Upanishad text Bhagavat-Bhajana," against the Sanatan system, against current literature and painting. The expression of his writing was as follows:
"Poet Tagore, who is: yours, stay together? Heard that he is father's uncle, I am not related to him."
He had that grudge against his family all his life. Almost the same mood was expressed in the memoir "Bismriticharana" written in his last life. In the case, tradition-breaking distinctiveness has emerged. By naturally rebelling against the established order of the Tagore family, he became known to his relatives as the 'Kalapahar', 'Bohemian', etc. of the Thakurbari. He left Tagore family at the age of twenty-six with a share of his ancestral property. He did not regret spending several lakhs of rupees on literary pursuits, friendships and various hobbies. However, as a budding artist, he studied at the then Government Art School in Calcutta for two years and went to London to acquire artistic skills and returned after a few years.
Art and literary worksâģ
He has left his signature skills by, combining the styles of East and West in painting. Nirode Mazumdar formed the Calcutta Group in 1943 with young artists such as Pradosh Dasgupta, Gopal Ghose, Paritosh Sen, Kamala Das Gupta, Rathin Maitra, Pranakrishna Pal etc., moving away from the art thinking of the Bengal School. It was he who discovered the skilled craftsman Banshichandra Sengupta in Kashmir. Four-five issues of the Chaturanga magazine were published under his editorship while studying in art college. During thirties, he edited the monthly magazine Bhavishyat (The Future) and the pictorial weekly Agragati (The Progress) with his own style of adventurous writing, pictures, designs and decorations that were novel and startling. But his best contribution in the history of periodicals is the art magazine Sundaram. He also became known as a poet. He introduced a new rhythm in poetry called Agramil Chanda. Many times he started writing by assuming himself in the third person. Attracted to handicrafts, he became a prominent collector of handicrafts. Unloved, neglected objects, pictures, statues, pots, antique furniture, lanterns, prayer pens, rare ink pots, Mughal hookah cigarettes, cigar pipes, old maps, letters of sages â he was rich in such strange collections. home Due to his interest and experience in handicrafts, he was appointed by the Government of India as the Eastern Regional Director of the All India Handicrafts Board. But he could not build a museum with his personal collection. And at one time he and his art have been extensively written - in the anthology Art of Subho Tagore. Shanti Chowdhury made a biopic of him called The Lonely Pilgrim. Notable books written by Subho Tagore are-
- Mayamriga (Bengali: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ)
- Nil Rakta Laal Hoye Gachhe (Bengali: āĻ¨ā§āĻ˛āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§)
- Alatchakra (Bengali: āĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤āĻāĻā§āĻ°)
- Atandra Altamira (Bengali: āĻ āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ°āĻž)
- Pansy and Piko (Bengali: āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§)
Deathâģ
Subho Tagore died on July 17, 1985 at the age of 73 in Kolkata.
Referencesâģ
- ^ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻĻ, āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ, āĻĒā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž ā§Žā§Ļā§Ž (in Bengali) ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6
- ^ "Subho Tagore and the Calcutta Group". CRITICAL COLLECTIVE. 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Subho Thakur, the rebel of Jorasanko who created Pansy & Piko". GetBengal. 28 February 2020.
- ^ "āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻˇā§ - āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ° (in Bengali)". 1 June 2021.