| Medium | : | Tempera |
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| Height | : | 4 inch / 10.2 cm |
| Width | : | 17 inch / 43.2 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 43.2 cm × H: 10.2 cm |
This untitled panoramic landscape by Jamini Roy, executed in tempera on board, radiates with fiery yellows, earthy tones, and bold brushwork. Blending abstraction with atmospheric depth, the work captures the drama of nature in Roy’s distinct modernist style, making it a rare and vibrant collectible.
Jamini Roy | Untitled | Tempera on Board | 4 x 17 inches | Circa
Jamini Roy’s landscape painting is a striking example of his early engagement with impressionist techniques before he transitioned to his distinctive folk-art style. The artwork presents a vibrant rural scene, where bold yellows, deep blues, and earthy reds interplay to create a rich, textured composition. The broad, sweeping brushstrokes evoke movement, capturing the essence of nature in an abstract yet immersive way. The layered application of color enhances the atmospheric quality, making the landscape feel alive and dynamic.
Roy’s use of expressive color choices and gestural forms reflects his exploration of Western impressionism, which he later abandoned in favor of indigenous artistic traditions. Created during a period of artistic experimentation, this painting showcases his ability to transform rural scapes into evocative visual narratives. His shift away from Western academic realism toward folk aesthetics was pivotal in redefining Indian modernism. This work stands as a testament to his artistic evolution and his dedication to preserving cultural identity through visual language.
This striking untitled work by Jamini Roy is a tempera on board landscape, notable for its panoramic format and bold use of color. Moving away from his iconic folk-inspired figures, Roy here captures the drama of nature with an almost abstract sensibility. The painting depicts a glowing horizon, where golden yellows and fiery oranges dominate the sky, contrasted by earthy browns, deep blues, and streaks of white. The textured strokes suggest rolling hills, scattered vegetation, and cactus-like forms in the foreground, evoking a terrain that feels both familiar and dreamlike. With rhythmic brushwork and an intense palette, Roy transforms the landscape into a vivid tapestry of light and movement, showing his mastery in balancing traditional mediums with modernist abstraction.
One of india’s most loved artists, Jamini Roy is remembered for forging a unique indian aesthetic for modern art by bringing together elements of traditional bengali folk art and kalighat patachitras, rendered in clean lines and earthy colours.
Born on 11 April 1887 in a landowning family in Bankura district of Bengal, Roy trained in European academic-realist painting at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, and began his career painting landscapes and portraits.
Soon, moving away from these, he started experimenting with a more indigenous visual vocabulary. Level surfaces, flattening of design in depth, and the use of dissonant primary colours were aspects of folk painting that Roy incorporated in his work. Also, he took up the volumetric forms of the Kalighat patachitras. However, unlike the spontaneous brushwork of the traditional patuas, Roy’s lines were more restrained and precisely delineated.
Roy would paint several versions of a subject, breaking and reforming the theme over months. Turning his family into a production unit, he tried to emulate a craft-guild mode of artistic production. He painted on a wide range of themes—common people, mythological tales, Christian iconography, as well as visual characteristics of home-sewn Bengal quilts and Byzantine icons.
Roy was awarded the Viceroy’s gold medal in 1935, the Padma Bhushan in 1955, and elected a fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1956. Declared a National Treasure artist in 1976, his works cannot be exported. He passed away on 24 April 1972.
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