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Pestonji Bomanji
(1851 - 1938)

Seascape With Boats



Pestonji Bomanji (1851–1938) was one of the most notable portrait painters of the early 20th century whose style was largely dictated by the academic training that was disseminated by European institutions in India. Although Bomanji is most known for his skillful portraits which were often allegorical and referenced Indic traditions, he mastered naturalistic academic rendering in the genre of landscape as well. The present lot is a remarkable...



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  Lot 6 of 102  

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

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Pestonji Bomanji
Seascape With Boats

Signed and dated 'Pestonji Bomanji/ 1898' (lower left)
1898
Oil on board
6.25 x 15 in (15.9 x 38.1 cm)

PROVENANCE
Heart, New Delhi, 27 November 1999, lot 127
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. 78 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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