Contents

Prologue

ONE
The Formalist Prelude

TWO
The Indian Discourse of Primitivism

I   Two Pioneering Women Artists

II    Rabindranath Tagore’s Vision of Art and the Community

III    Jamini Roy and Art for the Community

THREE
Naturalists in the Age of Modernism

I   The Regional Expressions of Academic Naturalism

II    From Orientalism to a New Naturalism: K. Venkatappa and Deviprosad Roy Chowdhury

FOUR
Contested Nationalism: The New Delhi and India House Murals

Epilogue

References

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

Index

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Gaganendranath Tagore, A Cubist Scene, c. 1923, watercolour on postcard. Gaganendranath and his circle often sent postcards they painted themselves to students and friends.