Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal Publisher / The British Museum Alfonso Gonzalez Jr

Alfonso Gonzalez Jr

examined through the lives of its creatives

Sourcing archival materials

and painting

Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal Publisher / The British Museum Alfonso Gonzalez JrUnder the rule of the British Raj, Bengali artists embraced European techniques to devise a uniquely local visual language that appealed to a diverse audience. 'Divine Color' magnifies this phenomenon through mapping popular devotional art through lithographic printing in then 19th and early 20th century Calcutta. These vibrant mass produced images brought the divine into the everyday, offering devotees new ways to engage with their gods, and