Sunayani Devi was a pioneering woman artist in modern India. She was on 18/06/1875 in Calcutta, West Bengal. Married to the grand son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy at the age of 11. Her famous brothers Abanindranath, Gaganendranath and Samarendranath, inspired her to take up painting. Started painting at the age of 30. She took inspiration from Indian epics and mythologies. The theme of her paintings revolved around the characters of Krishna Lila, Ramayana, Mahabharata etc., and her style was highly influenced by Bengal Pata paintings. Established an art school called Kala Bharati, Calcutta. Sunayani Devi’s naive and primitive art represented a spontaneous and deeply personal practice, at a time when patriarchal mores dictated women to be confined within domesticity, and by dint of this, her art came to be seen from an anti-colonial frame. Shadowed by the legacy of the Tagore family... Sunayani Devi died on 23/02/1962.