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Meera Mukherjee
Indian sculptor and writer · India · On the map · Artists · Lived 1923 to 1998 · aged 75
Meera Mukherjee (1923-1998) was an Indian sculptor and writer, known for bringing modernity to the ancient Bengali sculpting art.
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She is known to have used innovative bronze casting techniques, improving the Dhokra method employing Lost-wax casting, which she learnt during her training days of the Bastar sculpting tradition of Chhattisgarh. She received the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1992 for her contributions to Arts.
