| Medium | : | Mixed Media |
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| Height | : | 20 inch / 50.8 cm |
| Width | : | 16 inch / 40.6 cm |
| Surface | : | Thick Imported Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 40.6 cm × H: 50.8 cm |
| Year | : | 2005 |
An evocative portrayal of Christ by Suhas Roy, created in mixed media on paper. Expressive charcoal-like strokes, subtle red highlights, and layered textures give the face a quiet intensity and contemplative mood. The work captures spirituality and human emotion in a raw, intimate, and beautifully understated manner.
Suhas Roy | Christ | Mixed Media on Paper | 20 x 16 inches | 2005
Christ – Suhas Roy is a deeply expressive mixed-media artwork on paper that presents the figure of Christ through a soft yet emotionally intense visual language. Rather than portraying the subject with sharp realism, Suhas Roy builds the image through layers of charcoal-like strokes, delicate red accents, and subtle washes of colour. The face emerges from a network of gestural lines, giving the work a sense of movement, introspection, and quiet suffering.
The loosely drawn contours and textured surface create an almost dreamlike atmosphere, while the restrained touches of red add warmth and emotional depth against the predominantly monochromatic composition. The result feels intimate and contemplative—more like an emotional impression of Christ than a conventional religious portrait.
A powerful work for collectors who appreciate expressive Indian modern art, Christ carries a sense of spirituality, vulnerability, and human emotion while retaining the unmistakable spontaneity of Suhas Roy’s drawing style.
Suhas roy’s early Etchings, Landscapes, and Christ figures eventually gave way to his radha series – paintings of women, beautiful, luminous, and slightly melancholic, gazing at the viewer or away into the distance.
Born in Dacca (now Dhaka) in present-day Bangladesh, Suhas Roy had a difficult childhood after the early demise of his father. Yet, he pursued his passion for the arts with the support of his mother and studied at Indian College of Arts and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta, where he would eventually return as college principal.
Though Roy came to be known for his Radha series of paintings later in his career, he practiced printmaking and glass painting too, and created art on a variety of subjects. The protagonist is the mythic embodiment of feminine beauty, born out of his belief in the need for beauty in art.
Upon graduation, Roy went to Paris on a scholarship with fellow artists Jogen Chowdhury and Dipak Bannerjee, where he studied graphic arts under S. W. Hayter at Atelier 17 and mural art at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. A month spent in southern Europe visiting churches inspired his series on Jesus Christ in a variety of mediums. He also incorporated elements from the minimalist works of Japanese artist Taikan in his landscapes. Besides, he captured the political turbulence in Bengal during the Naxalite movement through his Disaster series.
Roy, who retired as professor of painting at Santiniketan’s Kala Bhavana, passed away in Kolkata on October 18 2016.
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