| Medium | : | Acrylic |
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| Height | : | 30 inch / 76.2 cm |
| Width | : | 36 inch / 91.4 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings, Landscapes |
| Dimension | : | W: 91.4 cm × H: 76.2 cm |
| Year | : | 2007 |
Prokash Karmakar’s Untitled (2007) is a lively and expressive landscape featuring two graceful green trees, a glowing sun, and rolling layers of earth and water. Through bold outlines, intricate foliage, and warm earthy colours, the artist creates a peaceful yet dynamic vision of nature. A charming work that brings colour, character, and the poetic beauty of the landscape into a modern Indian art collection.
Prokash Karmakar | Untitled | Acrylic on Canvas | 30 x 36 inches | 2007
Prokash Karmakar’s Untitled (2007) is a vibrant landscape that brings together the quiet beauty of nature and the expressive energy of colour. Two graceful trees stand in the foreground, their rich green foliage spreading across the pale blue sky, while the warm red-brown trunks lend the composition a sense of strength and movement. In the distance, a glowing sun rests above a layered landscape, casting an atmosphere of warmth and serenity.
What makes this painting especially engaging is the artist’s distinctive use of bold outlines, intricate foliage, and rhythmic horizontal strokes. The undulating land, rendered in earthy ochres, oranges, and deep browns, creates a beautiful contrast with the cool blues of the sky and the water-like bands across the horizon. The small, stippled details surrounding the sun add a delicate sense of light and texture.
There is something deeply inviting about this landscape. Rather than presenting nature as a literal scene, Karmakar transforms it into a world of colour, rhythm, and imagination. The trees appear almost like companions, rooted in the earth yet reaching towards the open sky. The work carries a sense of peace and contemplation, making it a wonderful addition to a collection of modern Indian art.
Prokash Karmakar’s art emerged from a contemplation of life, through the prism of personal traumatic experiences intermingled with dark moments in india’s recent history.
He learnt painting at his father, artist-teacher Prahlad Karmakar’s atelier, till the socio-political turmoil of the 1940s and his father’s early death put an end to it.
After his matriculation, Karmakar joined Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, but quit soon thereafter for reasons of poverty. In between, he designed book covers and worked as an illustrator for his livelihood; he even joined the army but absconded after two years, driven by his desire to paint.
Karmakar learnt the techniques of transparent and opaque watercolours from Kamalaranjan Thakur, a former student of his father, and Dilip Das Gupta. However, it was senior artist Nirode Majumdar—once a student of Abanindranath Tagore—who acquainted Karmakar with artistic and philosophical concepts, techniques, coherence of lines, and the breaking of form. Majumdar had recently returned from France after a stay of twelve years, and shared his rich experience with his protégé.
Karmakar held his first exhibition in 1959 on the railings of Indian Museum, Calcutta. In 1969-70, Karmakar visited France on a fellowship to study art museums, an inspiring exposure for the expressionist artist who, being ‘primarily a colourist’, began to create his figurative monochrome paintings in the 1970s. He won the Lalit Kala Akademi’s national award in 1968, and his work is part of important collections globally.
He passed away on 24 February 2014.
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