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Lot No. 3

JAMINI ROY
1887-1972

UNTITLED
23 x 31.5 in (58.4 x 80 cm)
Tempera on weaved cane
Circa 1960
Signed: Bottom Right

` 10,00,000 - 15,00,000 | $12,195 - 18,293

Provenance: Property from a collection based
in Mumbai.

This lot is a National Art Treasure - Non Exportable
Item (payment only in Indian Rupees)

Jamini Roy, born on 11 April 1887, was best known
for his works inspired by Indian culture and traditions.
Hailing from a middle-class family of landowners in
West Bengal, he grew up in an artistic environment.
At age 16, he was drawing classical nudes and oil
paintings under the guidance of Abanindranath
Tagore, who was the Vice Principal of Government
College of Art, Kolkata. Roy received his Diploma
in Fine Arts in 1908 and began his career as a
commissioned portrait painter.

Indian epics, daily village life, women and children
were the themes surrounding his paintings.
In 1955, Jamini Roy was awarded the Padma
Bhushan by the Government of India. During the
1970s, he was recognized as one of Navratna (9
gems) of Indian Art, along with Raja Ravi Varma,
Rabindranath Tagore, Amrita Sher-Gil, and other
notable artists. Roy’s works can be found today at
the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Harn
Museum of Art at the University of Florida, and the
National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, among
other institutions. The artist died in 1972 in Kolkata, India.