29 November 2015

Asit Kumar Haldar 28.12.1991


Asit Kumar Haldar (1890–1964) was an Indian painter of Bengal school and an assistant of Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan. He was one of the major artists of the Bengal renaissance.
His masterpieces include:
  • Krsna and Yashoda
  • Awakening of Mother India
  • Rai-Raja Lotus
  • Kunala and Ashoka
  • Raslila
  • The Flame of Music
  • Pronam
The painting on the stamp is of Siddhartha (Later known as Lord Buddha) holding an injured bird.

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