| Medium | : | Watercolour |
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| Height | : | 22.5 inch / 57.2 cm |
| Width | : | 30 inch / 76.2 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 76.2 cm × H: 57.2 cm |
| Year | : | 1931 |
A lyrical watercolour depicting two reclining figures in warm golden tones against a vibrant green landscape. Soft washes and delicate lines create a contemplative, intimate composition filled with quiet emotion and poetic stillness.
Kartick Chandra Pyne | Untitled | Watercolour on Thick Imported Paper | 30 x 22.5 inches
This intimate watercolour composition captures a quiet, almost whispered moment between two reclining figures set against a lush green expanse. The bodies, painted in warm golden hues, rest upon a pale, open ground that feels both earthly and dreamlike. Their poses are relaxed yet emotionally charged — one figure turned inward in gentle repose, the other leaning forward, creating a subtle dialogue of presence and distance.
The fluidity of watercolour lends the painting a soft, atmospheric quality. The vibrant green above contrasts beautifully with the warmth of the figures, framing them in a natural embrace. The lines remain delicate, almost tentative, allowing the forms to breathe within the open space. There is a sense of stillness here—an unspoken narrative that feels personal, contemplative, and quietly poetic.
Executed on thick imported paper, the work carries both material richness and emotional depth. It invites viewers to linger, to interpret the silent exchange between the figures, and to experience the gentle tension between solitude and companionship. A thoughtful addition for collectors drawn to evocative figurative works layered with subtle storytelling.
Born into an aristocratic family of gold merchants, Kartick Chandra Pyne took an interest in art at an early age.
The older cousin of Ganesh Pyne, another remarkable Indian modernist,
K. C. Pyne graduated in fine arts from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, in 1955. Later, he taught at Calcutta’s Indian College of Arts and Draughtsmanship in the 1970s, and the Academy of Fine Arts in the ’80s.
One of India’s foremost surrealist painters who was influenced by artists such as Rabindranath Tagore, Marc Chagall, and Joan Miró, Pyne famously said, ‘I did not really know that I worked in the surrealist style till it was pointed out to me.’ His works, spontaneous and individualistic, had surreal imagery in bold colours. A four-time winner of the award of the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, Pyne had represented India in the exhibition titled ‘100 Years of Modern Indian Art’ held at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan, in 1979.
An intensely private person, he preferred to pause, reflect and focus on painting while exploring a range of subjects — myth, fables, human stories, culture, memories, fantasy, erotica — in a vibrant palette. Art, for Pyne, was an intimate approach, thus requiring the artist to still the mind and experience the meditative aspect of creation.
Nothing stopped him, not even a paralytic stroke that affected the left side of his body in 1994. In fact, in the late ’90s, Pyne painted his acclaimed nude series. He was painting till a year before his death, for as long as he could hold a brush, at his home in Kolkata.
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