Jamini Roy
(1887 - 1972)
Untitled (Nayika)
Jamini Roy's artistic language marks the turning point of a completely new epoch of development in Indian art. Roy was born in Beliatore in the Bankura district of West Bengal, a village with a strong sense of ritual and social consciousness, which he sought to return to shortly after he received his training from the Government School of art in Kolkata in 1906. He fused the bold and confident lines from Kalighat pats with elements from...
Jamini Roy's artistic language marks the turning point of a completely new epoch of development in Indian art. Roy was born in Beliatore in the Bankura district of West Bengal, a village with a strong sense of ritual and social consciousness, which he sought to return to shortly after he received his training from the Government School of art in Kolkata in 1906. He fused the bold and confident lines from Kalighat pats with elements from other crafts and arts, for instance the simple ornateness of terracotta work outside the Bishnupur temple in Bengal.The Triumph of Modernism: India's artists and the avant-garde, 1922-1947, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2007, p. 112)
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WINTER ONLINE AUCTION
Estimate
Rs 30,00,000 - 40,00,000
Winning Bid
Rs 42,00,000
ARTWORK DETAILS
Jamini Roy Untitled (Nayika)
Tempera on cloth pasted on board
NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE
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EXHIBITEDCarved Contours - Jamini Roy: Uma Ravi & Ram Babu Jain Estate , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, February 2016Carved Contours - Jamini Roy: Uma Ravi & Ram Babu Jain Estate , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2016, pp. 26-27 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
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