Mukul Chandra Dey, who is called the path maker of Dry Point Etching, produced about 100 copper plates and 2000 thousand paintings.
He was born on 23 July 1895 in Sridhar Gola (Bangladesh).
In 1912, he joined Shantiniketan College of Arts and got the opportunity to work under Ravindra Nath Tagore and Guru Avanindra Nath Tagore.
After completing his education in 1916, Mukul Chandra De accompanied Ravindra Nath Tagore on a trip to Japan. He was the first Indian artist to go abroad for training in print making.
When he returned to India in 1917, he devoted all his attention to etching. Prints in the US were influenced by the illustration technique for illustration. And acquired a specialty at Drypoint.
Dey's etching artifacts include drawing and vessel. His masterpieces on graphic techniques include "Village Ki Kumari", "Albert Einstein", "Annie Besant", "Mahatma Gandhi", "Ravindra Nath Tagore", "Avanindra Nath Tagore", "Moonlight in the Ganges", Are prominent.
The "dancing girl" made in the drypoint is excellent.
He also produced many murals.
He also worked on Bengal style and folk life of Bengal. Ganga baths, sail boats, and tarpan are prominent among such works.
In 1929 Mukul Dey became the first Indian Principal of Kolkata School of Art. And lived until he retired in 1943.
Mukul Dey's younger brother Manish Dey was also a famous artist of the Bengal School of Art.
Most of Mukul Dey's works can be seen at the Indian Museum Kolkata, the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
He died on 1 March 1989 in Santiniketan.
THE ARTIST LINE
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