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Jamini Roy
(1887 - 1972)

Untitled (Pope Innocent)



Long before achieving the developed pictorial language that he is celebrated for, Jamini Roy received rigorous training in the academic style under pioneers such as Olinto Ghilardi, Percy Brown, and Abanindranath Tagore. Portraiture was then at the centre of his career and much of it owed itself to his enrollment in the Government School of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 1903-04. The prescribed mode of teaching at the time adhered to academic...



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  Lot 5 of 102  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION
14-15 DECEMBER 2022

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Jamini Roy
Untitled (Pope Innocent)

Initialled 'J.R.' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
22.75 x 18.75 in (57.5 x 47.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family
Private Collection, Kolkata
Property from a Private Collection, Maharashtra

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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