''Rabindra Chitravali'' is a 2011 four-volume set of books by art historian

R. Siva Kumar Raman Siva Kumar (born 3 December 1956), known as R. Siva Kumar, is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic, and curator. His major research has been in the area of early Indian modernism with special focus on the Santiniketan Scho ...

that contains paintings of

Rabindranth Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resha ...

. These include about 1700 paintings in the Rabindra Bhavana and Kala Bhavana collections of

Visva-Bharati Visva-Bharati () is a public central university and an Institution of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which means the communion of the ...

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son ...

; and more than 300 paintings in the collection of the

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and the collections at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata;

, New Delhi and Bangalore; and

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, Kolkata.

Significance

R. Siva Kumar said that reproducing the works in print was important in making them accessible to the public, as "The ink used in the originals is not very durable. The paintings can’t be left in the open for long". In a review for the

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, W. Andrew Robinson called the reproductions of "unparalleled quality" and said the four volumes cover almost all of Tagore's existing work, though some works are missing.Review of Book
by Andrew Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society

References

{{authority control Indian paintings Books by R. Siva Kumar Indian non-fiction books Visva-Bharati University Books about visual art Art history books Works about art genres Works about ideologies 2011 non-fiction books 2011 in art Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore 21st-century Indian books

Significance

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