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Early Bengal School
Annapurna Feeding Lord Shiva



Recent scholarships have shed light upon early Bengal oil paintings which constitute works made during the latter part of the 18th and 19th centuries, between the end of the Company School and the rise of academically trained oil painters. Though written references for these paintings remain scant, a vast body of work is available for studies in technique, style evolution, and iconography.

The adoption of oil as a medium by Indian artists...



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  Lot 4 of 102  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART
28-29 JUNE 2023

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Early Bengal School
Annapurna Feeding Lord Shiva

Oil on board
13 x 17 in (33 x 43.2 cm)

PROVENANCE
Property from an Important Private Collection, UK

PUBLISHED
Gilles Tillotson, “Making Magic Through the Real: Some Early Episodes of Modern Indian Art,” Rob Dean, Giles Tillotson eds., Modern Indian Painting: Jane & Kito de Boer Collection, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2019, p. 66 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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