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Art exhibition; leaving Calcutta |
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Finished packing & arranged for some of my things to go by train to Bombay & others by sea from Calcutta. Took my tickets for Delhi (103r.7as., first class, and 21/15/9. third class for 'bearer'). In the afternoon I went by invitation of the Tagore brothers, both artists, to see an exhibition of modern Indian art which had been got up by them. I met them both there & they showed me round. The Exhibition was not yet open to the public. Many of the paintings in the old style of Moghul art were quite attractive & interesting; others were very poor & trashy & showed the bad effect of contamination with European art. There were some "Cubist" & "Vorticist" examples, but only a few were at all remarkable, & I was frankly disappointed at the 'modern' trend. |
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I left Calcutta by the 8.6 p.m. (R.T.) or 8.30 p.m. (L.T.) Punjab Mail for Mughal Sarai. Cold night travelling. I dined off biscuits & chocolate. A bishop & a young Englishman travelled in my compartment, both very pleasant. They were bound for Lahore. Dead-flat country all the way, & beginning to show the effect of the dry season. |
