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ID 823 BANU SINGH

Boris Georgiev1933

Varna City Art Gallery

Varna City Art Gallery
Varna, Bulgaria

BANU SINGH 1933
Sanguine on paper cm
Artist’s signature and date (bottom right): Boris Georgiev 1933
‘A portrait of an old Indian’, Boris Georgiev wrote about Banu Singh’s portrait.
During his stay in India the artist painted portraits of famous personalities, leaders and ordinary people, and he deeply admired the richness of the inner world of the Indians. The image of Banu Singh takes central stage in the composition of the painting Meeting the Pariahs in India which Mahatma Gandhi called: Daridra Naraana. The name Banu Singh might refer to the legendary, perhaps non-existent Indian poet of the middle ages. The Bengalese version of the name, Bhānusim. ha (Sun Lion) is the pseudonym under which the young Rabindranath Tagore published in the Bharoti magazine his first poems about Radha and Krishna which made him famous.

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  • Title: ID 823 BANU SINGH
  • Creator: Boris Georgiev
  • Creator Lifespan: 1888/1962
  • Creator Nationality: Bulgarian
  • Creator Birth Place: Varna, Bulgaria
  • Date Created: 1933
  • Physical Dimensions: 43 x 32cm
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