Rabindranath Tagore's harvest images
The Last Harvest: Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore runs at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ont., until July 15.
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE *Untitled, coloured ink and opaque white on silk, 1934 (code: 00-1849-16) “One of the many paintings Tagore made of his sister-in-law, who committed suicide. It’s very haunting”, says Victoria Dickenson, Executive Director of the McMichael. Untitled Coloured ink and opaque white on silk 90.5 x 60.5 cm 7-9-1934 Collection of Rabindra Bhavanaa Acc. No. 00-1849-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE *Untitled, coloured ink and pastel on paper, 1929 (code: 00-1843-16) Dickenson: “Tagore made a lot of stylized images of birds, as connections between the real world and how he saw the world spiritually.” Untitled Coloured ink and pastel on paper 37.4 x 70 cm c.1929 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-1843-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE *Untitled, ink and brush over pencil and paper, 1934 (code: 00-1853-16) Dickenson: “Sometimes Tagore put into caricature what he could not say publicly about human behaviour, because it would be politically incorrect to be comical about his fellow citizens.” Untitled Ink and brush over pencil on paper 55.9 x 74.8 cm 16-10-1934 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-1853-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE Untitled Coloured ink on paper 38.2 x 27.6 cm 1-8-1936 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-2618-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE Untitled Poster colour and coloured ink on paper 35.6 x 25.4 cm 1938 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-2516-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE *Untitled, ink on paper, 1928 (code: 00-2208-16) “You get the feeling of Polynesian art in this one, a strong rhythmic, folkloric feel”, says Dickenson. Untitled Ink on paper 34.6 x 21.9 cm 05-11-1928 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-2208-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE Untitled Ink on paper 34.1 x 42.2 cm c.1929-30 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-1897-16
THE LAST HARVEST PAINTINGS BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE *Untitled, coloured ink and watercolour on paper, 1935-36 (code: 00-1850-16) "One of Tagore’s many paintings of figures floating in space. He was very interested in the body in motion", Dickenson notes. 54.1 x 55.9 cm c.1935-36 Collection of Rabindra Bhavana Acc. No. 00-1850-16