The present volume gives a lucid descriptionof O.C. Gangoly who was a pioneer of Indian Art. The method and style which he tried to adopt in Indian Art has brightened India’s image in the world of Art. O.C. Gangoly’s sincere feelings for Indian Art have been presented in this volume like the blood circulation in the pulse. O.C. Gangoly was an Attorney by profession but his devotion to Art has made him an international figure. He was very close to the famous Tagore family especially to the late Abanindranath Tagore who was a great exponent of Indian Art in the pre-independence era. O.C. Gangoly had remained kith and kin with the revival and expression of art in India. In Modern India, as Jagadish Bose, Meghnad Shah, P.C. Roy, Ramendra Sunder, etc., remain pillars of development in science, so also in the development of art in the modern India, and linking up of ancient medieval Indian Art and International Art, its related philosophy and review, men like Nandalal Bose and with them Ardhendu Kumar Gangoly’s name came up. This book, which O.C. Gangoly has presented is both a history and literature. He has given his impression about the artists, men who came into his contact of were close to him, for this autobiography has got a lucid and spontaneous style. Due to involvement of O.C. Gangoly with the art activities during transitional phase of Indian Art History with literary value, this book has historical value too.
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