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The celebrated artist, Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1894-1975), who resided in Lahore, has been claimed
by diverse quarters as •their' own, mainly because of the enchanting art he created and the reputation
he commanded. During the early 20th century when he began to paint, the influential Bengal School
that moulded the nationalist aesthetic taste of the British India, often emphasised that Chughtai was a
protégé of this School as far as his aesthetic vision went. This was because the 'Academy art' style
propagated by the British All Colleges at Kolkata, Madras, Bombay and Lahore was made popular
by Raja Ravi Varma. In reaction to this, the nationalist Bengal School started a movement of fusing
modern wash technique with Japanese ink painting and the pre-modern art traditions of the British
India such as the Mughal and Rajput miniatures, Ajanta murals and the folk aft styles. Abanindranath
Tagore. nephew of the Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, was its most influential exponent.
ARCHANA VERMA . (2009) Convergences and Divergences in Chughtai's Nationalist Art: A Reappraisal, Pakistan Heritage, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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