Mukul Chandra Dey | |
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| Born | Mukul Chandra Dey 23 July 1895 Sridharkhola, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 1 March 1989 (aged 93) Santiniketan, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Etching |
| Spouse(s) | Bina, née Roy |
Mukul Chandra Dey (23 July 1895 – 1 March 1989) was one of five children of Purnashashi Devi and Kula Chandra Dey.[1] He was a student of Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan and is considered as a pioneer of drypoint-etching in India. The entire family of Mukul Dey had artistic talents, the brother Manishi Dey was a well-known painter, and his two sisters, Annapura and Rani Chanda, were accomplished in arts and crafts as well.[2]
Mukul Dey was married to Bina Roy, who was from Khanakul, Bengal. They had one daughter named Manjari, whom they affectionately called Bukuma. Manjari was later married to Shantanu Ukil, a leading painter of the Bengal School of Art.[3]
- ^ The International Who's Who 1943–44. George Allen & Unwin, 8th edition, London, 1943, p. 197.
- ^ Satyasri Ukil: "Manishi Dey: The Elusive Bohemian." art etc. news & views, February 2012 [1][usurped]
- ^ Satyasri Ukil: "Shantanu Ukil: Profile of the Painter." Mukul Dey Archives, undated - retrieved 03.Oct.2015 [2]