Radha

Medium:Lithograph
Height:16.5 inch / 41.9 cm
Width:12.5 inch / 31.8 cm
Dimension:W: 31.8 cm × H: 41.9 cm

A limited edition lithograph of Radha by Suhas Roy, this evocative monochrome work captures a serene, introspective gaze through soft tonal textures. Poetic and intimate, it embodies timeless grace and quiet longing.

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Suhas Roy | Radha | Limited Edition – 24/50 | Lithograph on Paper | 16.5 x 12.5 inches

This limited edition lithograph of Radha reveals Suhas Roy at his most sensitive and introspective. Emerging softly from a mist of delicate tonal gradations, Radha’s face becomes the quiet focal point of the composition. Her gaze, slightly distant and inward-looking, carries a depth of emotion — tender, reflective, and timeless.

Rendered in subtle monochromatic hues, the work feels almost like a memory gently surfacing. The fine interplay of light and shadow models her features with remarkable softness, while the surrounding textured strokes dissolve into abstraction, allowing the figure to float between presence and dream. Roy’s mastery of the human form is evident in the grace of her expression — poised yet vulnerable.

This piece is not simply a portrait; it is an atmosphere of longing and devotion captured in stillness. Intimate in scale yet emotionally expansive, it brings quiet elegance to any thoughtful collection.

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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