| Medium | : | Mixed Media |
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| Height | : | 14 inch / 35.6 cm |
| Width | : | 11 inch / 27.9 cm |
| Surface | : | Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 27.9 cm × H: 35.6 cm |
| Year | : | 2002 |
A poetic study of a flower by Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya, where warm earthy petals emerge against a deep background. Delicate lines, subtle textures, and a hint of red at its centre give the work a quiet, natural beauty and a deeply contemplative mood.
Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya | Untitled | Mixed Media on Paper | 14 x 11 inches | 2002
This beautiful mixed-media artwork by Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya, titled Untitled (2002), presents a close and intimate view of a flowering form against a deep, almost mysterious background. The warm earthy tones of brown, ochre, and muted beige give the petals a natural, organic character, while the delicate lines and fine detailing bring out their fragile textures. A small touch of deep red at the heart of the flower adds warmth and quiet intensity to the composition. The slender curling stem and fine tendrils introduce a gentle sense of movement, making the flower feel alive and growing beyond the frame. The contrast between the softly illuminated petals and the dark surrounding space creates a contemplative mood, inviting the viewer to pause and appreciate the simple beauty of nature. The work reflects Bhattacharya’s ability to transform an everyday natural form into something poetic and emotionally expressive.
Beset by problems and politics, but possessing great potential, Kolkata has remained Shuvaprasanna’s abiding inspiration as he absorbs and responds to its upheavals, the tumult of its masses, and its frequent political turbulence.
Born in Calcutta on 20 October 1947, he is a quintessential painter of the eastern metropolis that he unabashedly loves. He graduated from Indian College of Art, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, in 1969. An active member of Calcutta Painters group, urban themes are a constant in his work.
Skilled in painting, etching, and drawing in mixed media, his artistic and personal concerns lie with urban decay and an anxiety of the collapse of urban culture, seen in his well-known works featuring crows and owls, and the series Illusion, Clock and Bird. This is also visible in his cityscapes which are curiously devoid of human presence; empty lanes and bylanes speak of the absence of the multitudes that populate this crowded city.
In 1984, he founded Arts Acre, an artists’ village in Calcutta, and has worked as editor of Art Today magazine. Awarded by institutions like Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, Lalit Kala Akademi, West Bengal, and All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, he was the subject of a documentary film by Goutam Ghose, titled Shuva and Me, in which the two visited Germany to meet German Nobel-laureate Günter Grass. Shuvaprasanna continues to live and work in Kolkata with his artist wife Shipra Bhattacharya.
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