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Inauguration of Tagore's Paintings Exhibition at Shanghai Municipal Archives

 

The Consulate General of India and the Shanghai Municipal Archives (SMA) jointly organised an exhibition on Tagore’s Journey to China and Tagore’s paintings as part of celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.  The exhibition was inaugurated on September 26, 2011 at the SMA Gallery in Bund and will run till October 7, 2011.  Vice Mayor of Shanghai Mr. Tu Guangshao graced the opening ceremony

The exhibition includes a photographic exhibition of Tagore’s Journey to China prepared by the SMA. Digital prints of Tagore’s paintings and photographs of Tagore journey to different parts of the world, sent by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and prepared by Visva Bharati, the university founded by Tagore in Kolkata, India.

Tagore, one of the literary figures most revered by the Chinese readers, has traveled widely and captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. His visit to Shanghai three times between 1924 to 1929 as well as to Beijing, Nanjing and Hangzhou, was memorable and historic. Through his visits Tagore made extensive contacts with many influential figures of China's literary circles and delivered a number of speeches, excreting far reaching influence on China's literary horizon. Tagore’s journey to China created a "Tagore fever" in modern China. The digital prints of Tagore’s original paintings which has been put together by ICCR on the occasion of the Poet’s 150th Birth Anniversary are exemplary of Tagore’s multi-dimensional personality and yet another facet of his creativity.  
The exhibition is a tribute to Tagore, a true intellectual whose name is synonymous with humanity and harmony across cultures and nations. It is aimed at fulfilling Tagore’s dreams of further strengthening the cultural bonds between the two great civilizations.

Shanghai Vice Mayor Mr. Tu Guangshao, Consul General Mrs Riva Ganguly Das, DDG FAO & President of SMA at the opening ceremony of Tagore’s paintings exhibition

 

Prof Zhao Lihong, Vice President, Shanghai Writers’ Association & other dignitaries at the opening ceremony