Veiled Woman
| Title | Veiled Woman |
| Accession Number | acc-no-01257 |
| Museum Name | National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru |
| Gallery Name | Reserve Collection |
| Object Type | Painting |
| Main Material | Ink on Paper |
| Main Artist | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Artist's Nationality | Indian |
| Artist's Life Date / Bio Data | 1861-1941 |
| Country | India |
| Dimensions | 53.5 cm x 73.7 cm |
| Brief Description | The study depicts Tagore's interest in capturing the facial expression. His work displays a great sense of fantasy rhythm & vitality. Tagore celebrated his creative freedom in his technique which produces a variety of images including fantasized beasts, masks, human faces, landscapes & flowers, bird & trees. Tagore is best known as a poet and in 1913 was the first non- European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tagore began painting relatively late in his career, when he was in his sixties. His painting style was very individual, characterized by simple bold forms and a rhythmic quality, that later served to inspire many modern Indian artists. Human figures are depicted either as individuals with expressive gestures or in groups in theatrical settings. In portraits produced during the 1930s, he renders the human face in a way reminiscent of a mask or persona. Rabindranath Tagore's artistic adventure began with doodles that turned crossed-out words and lines into images that assumed expressive and sometimes grotesque forms. |