Benode Behari Mukherjee

Benod Behari Mukherjee
Born7 February 1903
Died11 November 1980 (aged 76)
India
NationalityIndian
Known forPainting
MovementContextual Modernism
SpouseLeela Mukherjee
ChildrenMrinalini Mukherjee
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (1974)
Rabindra Puraskar (1980)

Benode Behari Mukherjee (7 February 1904 – 11 November 1980) was an Indian artist from West Bengal state. Mukherjee was one of the pioneers of Indian modern art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. He was one of the earliest artists in modern India to take up to murals as a mode of artistic expression. All his murals depict a subtle understanding of environmental through pioneering architectural nuances.