Kshitindranath majumdar biography of barack obama

Indian artist (1891–1975)

Kshitindranath Mazumdar (Bengali: ক্ষিতীন্দ্রনাথ মজুমদার; 31 July 1891 – 9 February 1975) was an Indian painter and a key figure of the Bengal School art movement, which paved the way for the development of modern Indian art.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Kshitindranath Mazumdar was born on 31 July 1891 to a Bengali family in Jagtai, a remote village in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal.^[3][4] Mazumdar's mother passed away during his infancy; his father, Kedarnath Mazumdar, a sub-registrar by profession, raised him by himself.^[5][6][7] His family was highly influenced by Vaishnavism, a sect of Hinduism which revolves around the worship of the Hindu deityVishnu.^[8] Artistically inclined since childhood, Mazumdar trained in hymnody and often interpreted legends from Indian epics.^[9][10] As a teenager, he performed in the