Abanindranath Tagore(1871-1951)

He was son of Gagendranath thakur,an influential bengali artist.Like his father he grows interest towards painting at an early age.His works are now considered as a benchmark in Indian history of paintings.He was the founder of "Indian society of oriental art".Like his uncle,Rabindranath Tagore ,he left school at an early age.Besides being an artist,he was laso known for his novels Rajkahini,Buro Angla and Khirer Putul.Khirer Putul has got an adaptation in India as a television serial in Zee Bangla. His famous paintings includes "Passing of shah Jahan","Bharat Mata","End of a Journey".He was also vice chancellor of Vishwa Bharati university founded by Rabindranath Tagore.