Mukherjee to unveil Electronic Art Catalogue on Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Pranab Mukherjee will be unveiling an Electronic Art Catalogue titled 'Art Heritage of Rashtrapati Bhavan

Rashtrapati Bhavan is opening to people from across the world for the first time a cross section of the entire art collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan. This catalogue will contain over 113 high quality photographs of paintings and select art objects in the collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Very few people in India and abroad are aware of the rich repository of art available within Rashtrapati Bhavan. Visitors to the Rashtrapati Bhavan are able to see only a limited part of the entire collection. Moreover, the location of the paintings, lighting, distance from the viewers etc. makes it difficult for casual visitors to study and fully appreciate the paintings. It will also enable viewers enlarge the paintings as well as zoom in to see the details in a manner far superior to viewing with the naked eye.

The catalogue is user friendly and designed to look like a photo album, with photos of the paintings on the left page and a description of the item, background of the artist as well as the subject of the painting on the right side. Viewers can browse through the catalogue by category or by location.

The E-Art Catalogue has been researched and compiled by Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to the President with the assistance of Ruchi Kumar, Research Assistant/ Assistant Curator of National Gallery of Modern Art.