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A small yet striking work by Jamini Roy, this 5 x 3.5 inch Tempera on Paper showcases his iconic folk-inspired style. With bold lines, earthy tones, and geometric simplicity, the figure reflects Roy’s vision of bringing Indian tradition into modern art, making it a rare and collectible gem.
Original price was: ₹150,000.00.₹59,000.00Current price is: ₹59,000.00.
Jamini Roy | Tempera on Paper | 5 x 3.5 inches
This artwork is a tempera on paper by Jamini Roy, measuring 5 x 3.5 inches, a fine example of his iconic style that drew from folk art traditions of Bengal.
The image features a stylized human figure composed of geometric shapes—a triangular torso, heart-shaped chest, and rounded limbs—outlined in bold black lines. The earthy palette of ochres, reds, and blacks, applied in flat planes, reflects Roy’s commitment to indigenous materials and his rejection of European academic realism.
Roy was a pioneer of modern Indian art who sought to make art accessible to the masses by embracing folk aesthetics, mythology, and simplicity. This piece reflects his characteristic visual language: economy of form, symbolic color use, and spiritual purity. The figure’s stance—rigid, frontal, and icon-like—exudes a quiet dignity, making it both intimate and universal.
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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