BENODEBEHARI MUKHERJEE (1904-1980)

"If ever an artist in Santiniketan was synonymous with nature, it would be Benode Behari Mukherjee, one of India's most significant and original landscape artists [...] His significance as a nature painter lies in not only the singular vision and innovations of his works but in his personal identification with nature, particularly, the vast, eroded Santiniketan landscape that strongly impacted his work. Rejecting mythological and historical themes in an early clarity of artistic vision, he remained, primarily, a painter of nature for the overwhelming majority of his career" (S. Parthasarthy, 'Nature and the Art of Santiniketan', The Art of Santiniketan, New Delhi, 2015, p. 85).