Chitranibha Chowdhury

[1] She was born Nibhanani, to Saratkumari Devi and Dr. Bhagaban Chandra Bose at Jiagunje, in the Murshidabad district of present West Bengal.

[4] Chowdhury would later write a book entitled Rabindrasmriti, which provided a vivid account of how Rabindranath Tagore was her source of sustenance throughout her artistic career and life.

During this time, she participated in the construction of the famous Kalo Bari (Black House) at Kala Bhavana, along with Ramkinkar Baij and others.

[3] She received special permission to paint portraits of visitors to Shantiniketan - these include several eminent figures of Indian political and cultural history, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, C. Rajagopalachari, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Niels Bohr, and Sarojini Naidu, and were later praised by art critics.

[4] After the completion of her formal training at Kala Bhavana in 1934, she joined the faculty as the first female professor in 1935, at the wish of Rabindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose.

[2][3] Chowdhury's work included episodes and characters from ancient Indian literature, landscapes, depictions of life in rural Bengal, and portraits.