Anavisha Banerjee
2018-07-22
<p>Gaganendranath Tagore is known as the first cartoonist in early twentieth century colonial India. Although his<br>
artistic talent ranges from being a landscape artist to a cubist painter, he is best known for his caricatures<br>
which were given the status of a work of art rather than be simply seen as illustrations in magazines. The<br>
article analyses his satirical sketches from different volumes of his work. The main focus is to look at the<br>
satirical representations of middle and upper class Bengali women, bhadramahila and anglicized Bengali men,<br>
babus, within the colonial context. The article will trace the growth of Bengal art and subsequently the colonial<br>
influence on art. The impact of the British and Oriental exponents become an important ground in exploring<br>
the growth of a new style of art. The rise of nationalist sentiment and Swadeshi movement’s role in the revival<br>
of the status of Bengal art was an essential feature of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century. The<br>
above issues will form an important base is underlining the growth of Gaganendranath’s as an artist and the<br>
themes for his caricatures. The use of bilingual titles will become an important aspect in analyzing his liberal<br>
mindedness as an artist.</p>
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1318932
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postScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, 3(2), 33-52, (2018-07-22)
caricature, satirical, anglicized, bhadramahila, babu, colonial
The Satirical Caricatures of Gaganendranath Tagore
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