Rabindra Chitra Chetana by Shanu Lahiri [Hardcover]

"Renowned modern artist Shanu Lahiri saw Rabindranath Tagore in the prayer temple of Santiniketan in 1938-39—'like a motionless stone statue bathed in the pale yellow light of the first sun of the day.' The Rabindranath of a few years before his death, seen through the eyes of a young girl, appeared as a part of nature itself. That girl later grew up to become the celebrated artist who explored the intellect and artistic style of painter Rabindranath in her book 'Rabindra Chitra-Chetana.'

She observed that many of Tagore's paintings express 'an unknown feeling that does not speak but only gazes.' While peace, welfare, and well-being are repeatedly established in Rabindranath's literature, hundreds of his paintings exude darkness, discomfort, and anxiety. Through the pages of 'Rabindra Chitra-Chetana,' Shanu Lahiri sought to understand the mystery of Rabindranath's paintings using the lens of her experiences as an artist."