Jamini Roy

Born in 1887 in a small village in Beliatore, Bankura district, West Bengal, Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. Yet, by 1925, Roy had begun experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. By the early...
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Honours and Awards
  • 1967 Awarded honorary D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
  • 1956 Elected Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
  • 1955 Awarded Padma Bhushan, Government of India
  • 1935 Awarded Viceroys Gold Medal for ‘Mother Helping the Child to Cross the Pool’.
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    CURRENTLY ON AUCTION AT StoryLTD            
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    Lot 17 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 4 April 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen and ink on cardboard pasted on paper

    4 x 3 in

    $1,220-1,830
    Rs 1,00,000-1,50,000


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    Lot 43 Details

    Spring Online Auction: South Asian Modern Art 16-17 March 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled (Cow)

    Gouache on cardboard

    9 x 13.75 in

    Winning bid
    $7,317
    Rs 6,00,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 17 Details

    Spring Live Auction: South Asian Modern Art 16 March 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Tempera on cloth pasted on board

    26 x 13.5 in

    Winning bid
    $12,439
    Rs 10,20,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 18 Details

    Spring Live Auction: South Asian Modern Art 16 March 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Tempera on paper

    26.5 x 13.75 in

    Winning bid
    $12,439
    Rs 10,20,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 8 Details

    REDiscovery: Auction of Art and Collectibles 17-18 January 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled (Christ)

    Gouache on cardboard

    15.5 x 10.75 in

    Winning bid
    $10,370
    Rs 8,40,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


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    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 28 March 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen and ink on paper pasted on paper

    4.75 x 4.25 in

    Winning bid
    $659
    Rs 54,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 7 February 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen and ink on paper pasted on cardboard

    4.75 x 3.5 in

    Winning bid
    $1,037
    Rs 84,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 24 January 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen and ink on paper

    3.75 x 4.75 in

    Winning bid
    $741
    Rs 60,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 27 September 2022

    Jamini Roy

    a) Untitled
    Ink on paper pasted on...

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    Winning bid
    $1,240
    Rs 1,00,470
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


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    EXHIBITIONS            
    Showing 4 of 6 works

    Lot 1 Details

    Modern Indian Art from the 1930s to the 2000s... 17 October 2020-21 January 2021

    Jamini Roy

    untitled

    Gouache on paper

    13 x 9 in




    Lot 2 Details

    Modern Indian Art from the 1930s to the 2000s... 17 October 2020-21 January 2021

    Jamini Roy

    untitled

    Tempera on cardboard

    27.25 x 15.25 in




    Lot 415 Details

    Works on paper. 20 Feb-15 Mar 2003

    Jamini Roy

    Christ and his...

    Tempera on paper

    25 x 14.5 in




    Lot 416 Details

    Works on paper. 20 Feb-15 Mar 2003

    Jamini Roy

    Offering

    Tempera on paper

    9 x 6 in




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