Rabindranath Tagore
Sir Muirhead Bone British, Scottish
Sitter Rabindranath Tagore Indian
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Sir Muirhead Bone was a Scottish printmaker and watercolor artist noted for his depictions of architectural subjects, city views, landscapes, and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. He also made several portraits, including this one of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), a native of Calcutta, India, who became a leading Bengali poet and musician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize (1913). In addition to poetry, Tagore wrote fiction, drama, essays, songs, and two autobiographies. Late in his life, after 1920, Taglore also created numerous paintings and drawings.
