Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 07 Aug 1871
- Zodiac sign
- Leo
- Date of Death
- 05 Dec 1951
- Age
- 80
- Place of Birth
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India
- State Country of Birth
- West Bengal, India
1895
- Studied under the private tutelage of Olinto Gilhardi and Charles Palmer
1905
- Tutored by Yokoyama Taikan on Japanese brushwork
- Government College of Arts & Craft, Kolkata, India
1910
- Studied and discovered Indian art with E.B. Havell
1892
- Drawings reproduced in Rabindranath Tagore's play, Chitrangada. Member, Bharatiya Shilpa SamitiAssociated Institution
1895
- Established a studioAssociated Institution
- Book illustration for Abhijnan Sakuntalam by KalidasaAssociated Institution
1896
- Illustrations for his own book Ksirer PutulAssociated Institution
1902
- Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, in the Studio MagazineAssociated Institution
1905
- Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, in the Studio MagazineAssociated Institution
- Paintings reproduced in magazines The Modem Review and PrabasiAssociated Institution
- Secretary, Bangiya Kala SamsadOfficial Position
- Vice-Principal, Government College of Arts & Craft, Kolkata, India (His department was known as the Advanced Design Class)Official Position
1905 – 1906
1906
- Acting Principal, after the resignation of E.B. Havell as Principal, Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, IndiaOfficial Position
1906 – 1909
1907
- Founding member and Joint Secretary, the Indian Society of Oriental Art, Kolkata, IndiaOfficial Position
1908
- Paintings reproduced in articles on his works by Havell, in the Studio MagazineAssociated Institution
- Colour plates of paintings reproduced by Ramanand Chatterjee in his journal The Modern Review and also sold as printsAssociated Institution
- The Music Party published in 'Okakura's Kokka'Associated Institution
1909
- Percy Brown was brought in as Principal and Abanindranath made Vice-PrincipalOfficial Position
1909 – 1915
- Abanindranath ultimately resigned from the art school and set up his own teaching classAssociated Institution
1909 – 1915
1918
- Drawings reproduced in Rabindranath Tagore's works Gitanjali, Fruit Gathering and The Parrot's TrainingAssociated Institution
1930
- Wrote 'Jatras' or folk dramas on themes from the Mahabharata and other Puranic storiesAssociated Institution
1930 – 1938
1940
- Created toys called 'Kutum Katum' from roots and branches of trees, made to resemble an animal or human formAssociated Institution
- Formed the purchase committee of the Government Art Gallery, along with Gaganendranath Tagore, Justice Woodroffe, Norman Blount, Rueboson and MullerAssociated Institution
Calendar 3
- ArchivedOpening PreviewProject 82SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th August 20266:00 PM - 9:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 81SWARAJ - Revisualising India's Political HistoryAn Exhibition of Modern & Contemporary Fine & Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archive12th - 19th August 202610:00 AM - 7:00 PMVisual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,19The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) announces its seventh exhibition. “Swaraj – Revisualising India's Political History” -- An exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Fine and Popular Arts, Photography, Film Memorabilia and Visual-Textual-Audio Archives. Swaraj will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and will remain open till 7 p.m. Sunday, 16 August 2026. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) presents SWARAJ | Revisualising India's Political History, a pioneering inter-disciplinary offline-online exhibition conceptualised and curated by Neville Tuli with Team T.R.I.S.. SWARAJ explores India's journey towards political self-rule and self-discovery through a remarkable collection of rare modern and contemporary fine and popular arts, albums, photographs, books, prints, propaganda, cartoons, film publicity artworks and other "text-visual-audio" archives contextualised within a clear historical framework, which defines T.R.I.S.' pedagogic approach to learning. The Exhibition will be of particular interest to students and scholars of India & Cultural Studies, and India's political and modern histories as well as those interested in the passage of events and ideas from the mid-1850s leading up to the turn of the 21st century. Unique to the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies is the richness of visual material that not only exhorts a deeper understanding of the art and archival materials on display but also brings alive the multi-layered narratives of the exhibition and naturally India's journey in being ad searching for herself.Read More →
- ArchivedExhibitionProject 5Self Discovery via Rediscovering India Series Part IV Building www.tuliresearchcentre.org20th - 23rd February 2025Self Discovery via Rediscovering India Series Part IVRead More →