Frank Clinger Scallan (1870-1950) studied at the Calcutta Boys School, and later in Paris where he worked with the French painter and sculptor Jean-Paul Laurens. He illustrated a number of books while working at the Survey of India for some forty years. He is also said to have been a poet. His Kolkata postcards, like this one, are full of life and energy and are among the most distinctive of the city.
Much more can be learned about him in an article by Sujaan Mukerjee The story of the elusive man who made these fascinating pastel postcards of Calcutta.
Sujaan Mukherjee writes of Frank Clinger Scallan's postcards of Calcutta: "The artist may or may not have used photographs as reference, but unlike most photographs that depict churches, public buildings or trams, these drawings recall a city that is
Another colorful artist-signed postcard of one of Kolkata's most prominent landmarks and postcarded spaces.
Another painted postcard by the Anglo-Indian artist Frank Clinger Scallan (1870-1950) whose Kolkata series of nearly a dozen postcards reflects the pleasures of life in what was British India's largest metropolis.
A vibrant painted postcard by the Anglo-Indian artist Frank Clinger Scallan (1870-1950), part of a series he made illustrating the city he spent much of his life in.
