Indian art revolutionary
- POSTED ON: 2 Nov, 2018
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Jamini Roy is one of the most influential and famous artists whose works have contributed to the emergence of modern Indian art.
Born on April 11, 1887, in a village in West Bengal, Roy began his career as a commissioned portrait painter, painting in the British style of Post-Impressionist landscape and portrait painting. In the early 1920s, he suddenly gave it up and switched to the indigenous style inspired by Bengali folk traditions, especially the Kalighat style of painting – large almond-shaped eyes, round faces, simple, dark lines, and sharp features.
Roy’s subjects included Indian mythology, Santhal tribe of Bengal, scenes from everyday life, and animals. He even ditched the canvas for traditional materials like mats, cloth, and wood, and natural mineral and vegetable-based pigments for the colours.
Some of his famous works include “Ramayana” – a series covering 17 canvases, also considered his magnum opus; “Bride and two Companions”; and “Dual Cats with one Crayfish”.
Try your hand at these shuffle puzzles to see if you can put the different parts of the painting in the right order.
“Boating”
“Cat and Lobster”