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Chitrakar

Chitrakar

Mukherjee, Benode Behari
Subramanyan, K. G.

Hardcover

Series: India List

Art Criticism & TheoryBiographies GeneralIndian & South Asian Art

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1803094745
ISBN13: 9781803094748
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: Oct 14 2026
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

What happens when a passage from the world of light to the world of darkness opens onto a new chapter of life? A retrospective account of a pioneering Indian artist who continued to paint after losing his eyesight.


Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904-1980) was one of the most influential and highly regarded artists in the history of modern Indian art. Chitrakar brings together four broadly autobiographical pieces written by Benode Behari after he lost his eyesight in the summer of 1957. The Artist is a selective reminiscence recapturing various pictures from the years of his childhood, apprenticeship, and maturity, up to the time he became blind. Master of the Household is a candid and complex fictionalized account of his struggle to come to terms with his blindness and continue making art. The Creator is a simple, but telling, parable about the vanity of inordinate ambition. Finally, Art Quest outlines his philosophy of art and the basic elements of his work.

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