By Abir Pothi
Bharat Mata’s (1905) painting is the best-known work of Abanindranath, including those who have not heard of him.
Abanindranath started to think about the nation, doing Art for the country. These concepts led him to found a Swedish movement in Art called the Bengal movement
Abanindranath believed in traditional Indian painting techniques and rejected Western Art’s ‘materialistic’ approach.