| Medium | : | Charcoal |
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| Height | : | 13 inch / 33 cm |
| Width | : | 23 inch / 58.4 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 58.4 cm × H: 33 cm |
This evocative charcoal drawing by Jogen Chowdhury beautifully captures the artist’s distinctive linear style and psychological depth. Executed in charcoal on paper, the composition portrays a reclining human figure rendered through bold, unbroken lines that define form and movement with effortless fluidity.
Jogen Chowdhury | Untitled | Charcoal on Paper | 13 x 23 inches
This evocative charcoal drawing by Jogen Chowdhury beautifully captures the artist’s distinctive linear style and psychological depth. Executed in charcoal on paper, the composition portrays a reclining human figure rendered through bold, unbroken lines that define form and movement with effortless fluidity. The tilted face, closed eyes, and gently intertwined fingers convey a sense of intimacy and introspection, as though the subject is lost in a private moment of rest or reverie. Chowdhury’s use of minimalism—reducing the figure to its most essential contours—creates both tension and tenderness, allowing emotion to surface through gesture and posture rather than detail. The visible texture of the paper adds a tactile, almost fragile quality to the work, emphasizing its human vulnerability. Through this seemingly simple yet deeply expressive line drawing, Jogen Chowdhury reaffirms his mastery in transforming the ordinary human form into a profound study of emotion and inner life.
Born on 15 February, 1939 in Faridpur (now in Bangladesh), Jogen Chowdhury’s family moved to Calcutta following the partition.
Chowdhury studied art at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Calcutta, and subsequently at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. A student of Prodosh Das Gupta, Chowdhury worked in the expressionist style of figuration in his early years. He created his own gallery of the grotesque, featuring lewd men with bellies like sacks and women with loose, hanging breasts. The Paris sojourn sharpened his creative thought process, helping in the evolution of his distinctive personal style.
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