Indian sculptor. Her father was one of the major mid-century Indian modern artists who bridged the Bengal-Bombay-Baroda schools. His teacher, Nandalal Bose, was the subject of a major international exhibition that Sonya Quintanilla organized in 2007 about the rise of modern Indian art in connection with the nationalist and independence movements of the first half of the 20th century. These early nationalist artists of Bengal, who worked mainly at the utopian Art School of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, emphasized the reinvigoration of village art-making traditions that they saw as untouched by British colonialism. Mukherjee’s materials and techniques partake in this ideal.