'She is one of the greatest artists India has': A friend on Anjolie Ela Menon's 60th birthday, in West Bengal

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Anjolie Ela Menon's friend says "I think she is a wonderful and a great human being. A great family person and she loves everybody and I think if anybody wants to create a very good work of art then he or she has to be a very good human being." Anjolie Ela Menon, (born July 17, 1940, Burnpur, Bengal [now in West Bengal], India), Indian painter and muralist who was best known for her religious-themed works, portraits, and nudes that incorporated a vibrant colour palette and were rendered in a variety of styles ranging from cubism to techniques that recalled the artists of the European Renaissance. After graduating with a degree in English literature from the University of Delhi, she was granted a scholarship from the French government and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 195