Ernest Binfield Havel
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1861 – 1934
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Who was Ernest Binfield Havel?
Ernest Binfield Havell, who published under the name E.B. Havell, was an influential English arts administrator, art historian and author of numerous books about Indian art and architecture. He was a member of the Havell family of artists and art educators. He was the principal of the Government School of Art, Calcutta from 1896 to 1905, where, along with Abanindranath Tagore, he developed a style of art and art education based on Indian rather than Western models, which led to the foundation of the Bengal school of art.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1861
Reading - Also known as
- E.B. Havell
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 31, 1934
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on July 23, 2013
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