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Gaganandranath Tagore, Indian 1867-1938- Untitled; Worshipping Drawing-watercolour, Ink on paper, signed lower right, "G.T.", 30.1 x 25cm.  Provenance: Private Australian Collection Between 1906 and 1910, he studied Japanese brush techniques and the works of Yokohama Okakuru and Tykan Taikowan and began to incorporate the art of the Far East into his work (e.g., his illustrations for Rabindranath’s Jeevansmriti, 1912). Between 1914 and 1927, his paitings were displayed in exhibitions in Paris, London, Berlin, Hamburg, and various American cities. Gaganendranath also designed furniture and changed the interior design of the Jorosanko house: Imbued by the Swadeshi Movement, he replaced Western luxuries with Indian crafts and products from the Bengali cottage industry. In 1916, he became secretary of the Bengal Home Industries Association.