An Electronic Art Catalogue Providing a Glimpse Into the Art Heritage of Rashtrapati Bhavan to Be Unveiled by…

An Electronic Art Catalogue titled ‘Art Heritage of Rashtrapati Bhavan: A Selection’will be unveiled on the website www.presidentofindia.nic.in on December 11, 2014 by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Rashtrapati Bhavan is opening to people from across the world for the first time a cross section of the entire art collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan.This Catalogue will contain over 113 high quality photographsof paintings and select art objects in the collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Very few people in India and abroad are aware of the rich repository of art available within Rashtrapati Bhavan. Visitors to the Rashtrapati Bhavan are able to see only alimited part of theentire collection. Moreover, the location of the paintings, lighting, distance from the viewers etc. makes it difficult for casual visitors to study and fully appreciate thepaintings. It will also enable viewers enlarge the paintings as well as zoom in to see the details in a manner far superior to viewing with the naked eye.

The catalogue is user friendly and designed to look like a photo album, with photos of the paintings on the left page and a description of the item, background of the artist as well as the subjectof the painting on the right side. Viewers can browse through the catalogue by categoryor by location.

The E-Art Catalogue has been researched and compiled by Mr. Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to the President with the assistance of Ms. Ruchi Kumar, Research Assistant/ Assistant Curator, National Gallery of Modern Art.

This Press Release issued at 1210 hrs.