painter (1928-2013)

Shanu Lahiri

1928–2013, born Kolkata, autobiographer

Shanu Lahiri was a painter and art educator from Kolkata. She was one of Kolkata’s most prominent public artists, often called “the city’s First Lady of Public Art”, undertaking extensive graffiti art drives across Kolkata to beautify the city and hide aggressive political sloganeering. Her paintings are housed in the Salar Jung Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art.

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