| Medium | : | Mixed Media |
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| Height | : | 13 inch / 33 cm |
| Width | : | 11 inch / 27.9 cm |
| Surface | : | Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 27.9 cm × H: 33 cm |
| Year | : | 1998 |
This evocative mixed-media work by Sunil Das, dated 1998, presents a deeply introspective portrait built through vigorous lines, layered marks, and expressive shading. The face emerges from a dense web of strokes, giving it a raw, almost restless energy. Rather than presenting a perfectly defined likeness, Das allows the features to appear and disappear within the drawing, creating a sense of thought, emotion, and inner movement.
Sunil Das | Untitled | Mixed Media on Paper | 11 x 13 inches | 1998
This evocative mixed-media work by Sunil Das, dated 1998, presents a deeply introspective portrait built through vigorous lines, layered marks, and expressive shading. The face emerges from a dense web of strokes, giving it a raw, almost restless energy. Rather than presenting a perfectly defined likeness, Das allows the features to appear and disappear within the drawing, creating a sense of thought, emotion, and inner movement.
The heavily worked areas around the eyes, forehead, and hair give the portrait a powerful intensity, while the lighter, gestural lines surrounding the head create an almost atmospheric presence. The handwritten inscription and date at the bottom add a personal, intimate quality to the work, making it feel like a direct encounter with the artist’s creative process. It is a striking example of how Sunil Das could use line not simply to describe a face, but to convey its emotional and psychological presence.
An expressive mixed-media portrait by Sunil Das, created in 1998, where vigorous lines and layered textures bring the face to life. The work feels spontaneous and deeply personal, capturing a quiet intensity through its raw, energetic mark-making.
Sunil Das is undoubtedly a multi-dimensional artist known for his furiously experimental and enterprising style. Born in 1939 in Calcutta, India, he studied at the Govt College of Art & Craft in Calcutta. On a scholarship from the French Government, he studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
The artist has painted across several oeuvres, each one distinctive and to which he brought his singular version. Not confining himself to using brush & pen while painting (even using the palms of his hands or his fingers) his paintings not only express the physical attributes of his subjects but also their associative ones. It was in the course of his travels that he chanced to spend a few months in Spain, where he developed his passion for horses and bulls.
The artist has won many medals and awards, including from the state government and the Lalit Kala Akademi. He has also been a part of juries and art bodies in India, France & Brazil. In 2014, he was conferred with the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India.
The artist passed away in 2015.
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