Prakriti VIII - Creative Nature
Artist
Dipak Banerjee
(India, 1936 - 2020)
Date1976
MediumAquatint and etching, printed with viscosity (simultaneous color) on paper
DimensionsIMAGE: 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
IMAGE: 496 x 343 mm
SHEET: 23 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.
SHEET: 600 x 419 mm
IMAGE: 496 x 343 mm
SHEET: 23 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.
SHEET: 600 x 419 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Object number1985.171
On View
Not on viewPrakriti is a word used in Hindu philosophy to refer to the material world or all aspects of nature.
Dipak Banerjee studied at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, like his peer Amitabha Banerjee, also represented in this exhibition. A prestigious scholarship from the French government allowed the artist to study in Paris at the printmaking studio Atelier 17 withits founder Stanley William Hayter and his co-director Krishna Reddy. (See their works nearby.) Upon his return, Banerjee taught printmaking at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi and exhibited regularly in galleries in Delhi.
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