Paintings
At sixty, Tagore took up drawing and painting. Some of Tagore's poems and songs corresponded in a synesthetic sense with his paintings. He also wrote extensively about his aesthetic ideals that transcended the realms of both poetry and imagery. The UIUC Library contains folios of prints of some of his illustrations that have been published by the Visva Bharati and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Folios of Tagore's paintings
- Chitralipi byCall Number: Q. 759.954 T12CVolume 1: 18 paintings with corresponding Bengali poems and their English translations
Volume 2: 15 paintings by Tagore - Drawings and paintings of Rabindranath Tagore byCall Number: Q. 759.954 T129D
- Drawings and paintings of Rabindranath Tagore; centenary 1861-1961 byCall Number: Q. 759.954 T12D
Books on Tagore's Paintings
Behind the veil : paintings of Rabindranath Tagore by Call Number: Q. 759.95414 T12b
Tagore's Aesthetic Ideals
On art & aesthetics; a selection of lectures, essays and letters by Call Number: 704 T12O
Creative unity by Call Number: 891.44 T12OCR1922
Sādhanā; the realisation of life by Call Number: 104 R11S
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