| Medium | : | Tempera |
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| Height | : | 19 inch / 48.3 cm |
| Width | : | 13 inch / 33 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 33 cm × H: 48.3 cm |
A striking folk-style painting of Lord Krishna in dance, featuring bold colors, rhythmic forms, and traditional Indian motifs — an evocative blend of devotion and modernist simplicity.
Jamini Roy | Tempera on Board | 19 x 13 Inches
This vibrant painting presents a stylized depiction of Lord Krishna dancing joyfully within an architectural frame, flanked by two attendants, rendered in a distinctive folk-modern idiom reminiscent of Bengal’s traditional pata and temple art. The central blue figure of Krishna, captured mid-movement, radiates rhythmic energy and divine grace, while the symmetrical composition lends the work a ceremonial balance. Bold outlines, flattened forms, and a rich palette of earthy reds, ochres, blues, and yellows create a powerful visual harmony. Decorative arches and motifs frame the scene, enhancing its narrative and devotional quality. The simplicity of form combined with expressive gesture reflects a deep connection to indigenous aesthetics, transforming a mythological moment into a timeless celebration of movement, music, and spirituality.
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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