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Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Painter

Opens: 11/12/2011 Closes: 04/03/2012 V&A Museum, London
Composing India's national anthem and winning the 1933 Nobel Prize for Literature, Tagore was your genuine renaissance man. While in his 60s he taught himself painting. Rare loans from India make up this special exhibition of his rich and characterful figurative works, some developed out of corrective doodles from his manuscripts. For more information visit: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/rabindranath-tagore-poet-and-painter/ Buy: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/visit-us/opening-times/
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The Telegraph“Early paintings are slightly crude renderings of fantastical animals...” Tagore is such a fascinating figure that for fans of his work the art will illuminate his poems and fiction; and for those coming cold, this serves as a delightful introduction...
 
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