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Artist, an educator, and a peace activist
- Devi Prasad spent his life as an artist, an educator, and a peace activist, who strove to educate and liberate the whole person.
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Devi Prasad (1921 – 1 June 2011) was an Indian artist and peace activist. He was a pioneering studio potter, painter, designer, photographer, art educator and peace activist. [1]
Devi Prasad spent his life as an artist, an educator, and a peace activist, who strove to educate and liberate the whole person. This rich book is a suitable tribute to this multifaceted man, who deserves to be better remembered in the annals of the global peace movement.
Jan 26, 2022 · Devi Prasad graduated from Tagore’s Santiniketan in 1944 when he joined the Hindustani Talimi Sangh (which promulgated Nayee Taleem) at Gandhi’s ashram Sevagram as Art ‘Teacher’.
Devi Prasad’s story, then, exemplifies the importance of the Arts and Crafts Movement in shaping the nature of Modernism in India. Devi Prasad’s ideals in art and in political activism, shaped though they may have been on Indian soil, led him to crisscross international borders.
Jan 27, 2022 · Rather than view them as separate worlds or professions, Devi harmonises them within an ethical and conscionable whole. He has written widely on the inextricable link between peace and creativity, on child /basic education, Gandhi and Tagore, on politics and art, in English, Hindi and Bangla.
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Prasad was an important figure in the arts and crafts movement worldwide, which was a fight against industralisation at the end of the Victorian era. This movement was founded on the cultures of India, Japan and China, but its historical impact, at least in India, has been ignored.
Mar 4, 2016 · DEVI PRASAD (1921-2011) was a studio potter, peace activist, artist, and in the 1960s and 70s acting director of War Resisters' International (WRI). As a child he was educated at Rabindranath Tagore's school, Shantiniketam, and in 1944 Gandhi invited him to his ashram at Sevagram to teach pottery.
