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Somenath Hore

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Somenath Hore
  • Date of Birth:
    April 13, 1921
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aries
  • Place of Birth:
    Chittagong, now in Bangladesh
  • Date of Death:
    October 1, 2006
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Education:
    Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta

Family

Somenath Hore
  • Spouse:
    Reba Hore
  • Daughter:
    Chandana Hore

Career

Somenath Hore

Trivia

Somenath Hore
  • Somnath’s artistic journey reached culmination in his Wounds Series of paper pulp prints in 1970s, where he had achieved a mastery of a unique brand abstraction without sacrifising his inherent humanism.
  • His sketches and pictorial documents as a witness of major historical crises in history of 20th century Bengal (such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 or the Tebhaga movement) display his unflinching humanism and social commitment as an artist.
  • Was an Indian sculptor and printmaker, noted for his passionate rendering of human conditions.

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