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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 1677
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Blue Boy
Medium. Tempera on paper
Size. 10.5" x 17.5"
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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 titled 'Blue Boy' the artist has made the erect figure of a boy against a bright yellow background. That Jamini Roy experimented with the application of paint as well is evident from the rubbed, pastel like textural effect of the blue colour. There is a hint of landscape in the form of stylised trees and huts along the top margin.
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