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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 63
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Three Pujarins
Medium. Tempera on paper board
Size. 14.5" x 27"
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From the end 1920s, Jamini Roy rejected the European oil medium and began to use the traditional pigments from vegetable and mineral sources. The imagery was often drawn from village life. Jamini Roy invested in the portrayal of peasants, artisans, followers of religious cults, village women and adivasis with immense dignity. He represented in his paintings what they held sacred with references from folk tales and narratives that permeated the rural consciousness. In this particular painting, one of his most iconic, the three women depicted as they worship, have been painted with thick, black contour lines with the application of the blue colour of the drape done flatly.
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