Benode Behari Mukherjee | Tuli Research Centre for India Studies

Date of Birth: 07 Feb 1904
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Date of Death: 19 Nov 1980
Age: 76
Place of Birth: , West Bengal, India
Spouse(s): Leela mukherjee
Children: Daughter mrinalini mukherjee
State Country of Birth: West Bengal, India

1917
1. Enrolled as a student in the school at Santiniketan, India
1919
1. Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India (Student of Nandalal Bose)
  1919 – 1924
1936
1. Visited Japan where the Tosa School, calligraphy, and Japanese screen traditions shape his use of line, space, and materials
1947
1. Visited Najibabad (India) during the summer and undertook a journey into Nepal, which inspired a vast number of sketches and watercolors

1920
1. Does his first mural on the walls of his hostel room
1923
1. Assists Nandalal in the painting of his murals in the old library building, inspired by scrolls in the Bagh and Ajanta cave paintings
1924
1. Prints murals in 16 niches of the Satoshalaya building, Visva Bharati, depicting Santhal life
1925
1. Teacher, Librarian and Curator, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
  1925 – 1949
1929
1. Becomes a full-fledged teacher at Kala Bhavan Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
1937
1. Assists Nandalal at Haripura Congress where he designed and constructed the entire township with local materials and decorated it with the Haripura posters
1940
1. Paints a mural in the ceiling of the hostel of Kala Bhavan dormitory, which is considered to be the first of his significant murals
1946
1. Begins to paint the Hindi Bhavan mural at Visva Bharati
  1946 – 1947
1948
1. Leaves Santiniketan to assume the position of curator at the Nepal Government Museum in Kathmandu, Nepal
1950
1. Paints murals at Banasthali in Rajasthan, India
1952
1. Starts Art Training and a School for Children in Mussoorie, India
2. Establishes Art and Craft Centre in Mussoorie, India
1954
1. Gets appointed as Educational Advisor to Art School, Patna, India
1958
1. Gets appointed as U.G.C. Professor, Art Theory Faculty, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
  1958 – 1970
1967
1. Assumes position of Principal of Kala Bhavan, Kolkata, India
1968
1. Gets appointed as Professor at Kala Bhavan
1970
1. Gets appointed as a Professor Emeritus at Visva Bharati Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
2. Gets elected as fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi India

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