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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 12729
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. The Last Painting
Medium. Tempera on mat
Size. 134 x 66 cm
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In the 1940s, Roy painted one of his most powerful series of images revolving around the life of Jesus Christ. Although, he may have painted occasional images of Christ in the previous decade, he developed the visual idea more fully in the 1940s. What was most thought-provoking about these paintings was Roy's skill in adapting stories from an alien culture and yet giving them a familiar appearance, as if they were people from our own villages. The language of the Christ painting is remarkable for other reasons as well. Roy invests the grave, contemplative faces in their somewhat hieratic poses with iconicity.
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