Meera Mukherjee was an Indian sculptor and writer, born in Kolkata in 1923. She trained in the Bastar bronze-casting tradition of Chhattisgarh and developed the lost-wax method known as Dhokra, applying it to modern figurative sculpture in Bengal. Her casting techniques were innovative for their time. In 1992 the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri, one of its civilian honours, for her contribution to the arts. She died in 1998.
Meera Mukherjee
Indian sculptor and writer working in bronze
- Born
- 12 May 1923, Kolkata, India
- Died
- 1 January 1998
Where to see their work
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Mrinalini Mukherjee: Unbound Forms, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield
Until 1 November
Further reading: Wikipedia