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A spontaneous Pen & Ink sketch by Jamini Roy, this work features a folk-styled female figure in profile. With bold, minimal lines on aged paper, it captures the essence of Roy’s artistic philosophy—rooted in tradition, executed with striking modern simplicity. A collectible glimpse into the master’s hand.
Original price was: ₹125,000.00.₹39,000.00Current price is: ₹39,000.00.
Jamini Roy | Pen & Ink on Paper | 3.75 x 5 inches
This is a Pen & Ink on paper drawing by Jamini Roy, measuring 3.75 x 5 inches—a raw and intimate sketch that captures his signature folk-inspired style in its most spontaneous form.
The artwork depicts a woman in profile, possibly holding a bowl or vessel, rendered with rapid, confident strokes. Though seemingly rough and hurried, the lines are deliberate, reflecting Roy’s deep understanding of form, rhythm, and character. The figure’s large almond eye, stylized hair, and garment details echo his larger body of work rooted in Bengali folk traditions.
The charm of this piece lies in its immediacy, offering a glimpse into Roy’s artistic process and the instinctive ease with which he could distill the human form into iconic simplicity. The use of brown, aged paper adds further warmth and authenticity to the drawing, giving it the aura of a timeless study.
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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