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Uday Shankar, a cult figure in the world of dance, was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, on December 8, 1900. The first child of Shyamashankar Choudhury and Hemangini Devi, he was named after his place of birth. His father was in the service of the Maharaja of Jhalawar, and his work required him to…
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Swiss artist Alice Boner (July 22, 1889 – April 13, 1981) was an Indologist, sculptor and painter who collaborated and was friends with many Indian artists, such as the dancers Uday Shankar and Shanta Rao. Boner settled in India in 1935, the start of a lifetime of study of Indian art in its formal…
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Alice Boner (1889–1981) a Swiss artist—surprisingly little known—spent her life in 20th-century India and received the Padma Bhushan from the President of India in 1974. Her paintings and sculptures were much appreciated throughout her lifetime and she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the…
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Books and articles by Alice Boner
Boner, Alice. 1933 ‘The Theatre in the Jungle’, Indian Arts and Letters 7.1:37–45.
———. 1935. ‘Kathakali’. Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, 3.1:61–74
———. 1964. ‘The Mystery of Sacred Architecture’. Journal of Oriental Research, Madras 34–35:33–40…
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'Dialogues on Alice Boner' was a symposium held on September 3, 2016, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents' (September 1 – October 30, 2016, National Museum, New Delhi).
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'Dialogues on Alice Boner' was a symposium held on September 3, 2016, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents' (September 1 – October 30, 2016, National Museum, New Delhi).
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