Somnath Hore

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Somnath Hore was a prominent Indian modernist printmaker and sculptor known for his powerful, socially engaged depictions of human suffering and his pioneering work in printmaking techniques.

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instanceOf Indian artist
person
printmaker
sculptor
activeYearsEnd 2000s
activeYearsStart 1940s
artisticTheme famine
human suffering
social injustice
war
awardReceived Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi
Padma Bhushan
birthDate 1921-04-13
birthPlace Bengal Presidency
British India
Chittagong
collaboratedWith Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
linked to: Chittaprosad Das

Zainul Abedin
deathDate 2006-09-01
education Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta
employer Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University
linked to: Kala Bhavana
field printmaking
sculpture
genre figurative art
influencedBy Bengal famine of 1943
Communist movement in Bengal
Tebhaga movement
knownFor depictions of human suffering
experimental printmaking techniques
socially engaged art
wound series
movement Indian modernism
name Somnath Hore
nationality Indian
notableWork Wounds series (bronze sculptures)
Wounds series (prints)
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of India
positionHeld head of graphics department at Kala Bhavana
spouse Reba Hore
style expressionism
taughtAt Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan
linked to: Kala Bhavana
technique intaglio printmaking
lithography
pulp-print technique
woodcut
workLocation Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta

Santiniketan

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Kala Bhavana hasNotableAlumni Somnath Hore
Somnath Hore name Somnath Hore