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by Partha Chatterjee
Apr 29, 2024
He was known as The Black Adonis of Montmartre. He arrived from far-off Calcutta in British India in 1904. He was 14. The Maharaja of ‘H’
had seen his drawings and was sufficiently impressed to sponsor his art
education in France which he thought was the home of art and beauty. Nothing is
known about his grooming as an artist in Paris. Where did he study? At whose atelier? Two things, however, are certain: he had
learnt his craft thoroughly and became a master of technique, and two, that
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