JAMINI ROY (1887 - 1972)

From a prominent Allahabad based collector

The fluididty of Jamini Roy’s brushwork is perhaps best captured in this slightly informal version of the composition 'Cat eating Fish'. It also projects his interest in the using a geometric arrangement of design that subjugates the form from aspects of realism into a patternised impression instead. As a subject, it brings to fore the Kalighat renditions that had found mass appeal since the early days of its introduction contrary to the prevailing mythological subjects, and has remained so everafter.

National Art Treasure / Non Exportable