Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @takeonart using @RepostRegramApp – Rabindranath Tagore, the literary scholar, polymath, poet, musician and artist, is best known for reshaping Bengali literature, and Indian art. Tagore began painting relatively late in his career when he was in his sixties. Nevertheless he produced thousands of works and was the first Indian artist to exhibit his works across Europe, Russia and the United States in 1930. His painting style was very individual, characterised by simple bold forms and a rhythmic quality, and later served to inspire many modern Indian artists. Santiniketan embodies Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of a place of learning that is unfettered by religious and regional barriers. Established in 1863 with the aim of helping education go beyond the confines of the classroom, Santiniketan grew into the Visva Bharati University in 1921, attracting some of the most creative minds in the country. In celebration of Santiniketan’s Centenary, our latest issue TAKE Bengal (Part I) explored the history and the contemporary situations in Bengal in order to regenerate an alternate form of history writing. We pay tribute to the great Tagore on his birth anniversary. Here is an image of Rabindranath Tagore interacting with students from TAKE Bengal (Part 1). Image courtesy to Argha Kamal Ganguly. #RabindranathTagore #BirthAnniversary #BengalSchool #BengalArt