| Medium | : | Charcoal |
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| Height | : | 20 inch / 50.8 cm |
| Width | : | 16 inch / 40.6 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 40.6 cm × H: 50.8 cm |
A lyrical charcoal rendering of Radha, this 2005 work by Suhas Roy captures quiet longing through expressive, fluid lines. Minimal yet deeply emotional, the composition radiates intimacy and poetic grace.
Suhas Roy | Radha | Charcoal on Paper | 16 x 20 inches | 2005
In this evocative charcoal work, Suhas Roy brings Radha to life with nothing more than restless, searching lines. The figure emerges delicately from a web of expressive strokes — seated, contemplative, and quietly absorbed in her own world. There is no heavy detailing, no rigid boundaries; instead, the form breathes through movement and suggestion.
Radha’s upward gaze carries longing — a silent conversation with the unseen. The loose, gestural lines surrounding her feel almost like whispers of wind, foliage, or unspoken emotions, enhancing the sense of yearning that defines her presence. Roy’s mastery lies in restraint: he allows the rawness of charcoal to speak, to blur, to dissolve — making the figure both earthly and ethereal.
This work is intimate and poetic, capturing not just a mythological character, but a universal emotion — love in waiting, devotion in silence.
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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