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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 65
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Christ with Cross
Medium. Tempera on cloth
Size. 16.5" x 42"
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The series of images depicting the life of Jesus Christ is perhaps one of the boldest experiments in figuration and narrativisation by Jamini Roy. The language of the Christ paintings is remarkable for their grave, contemplative faces in somewhat hieratic poses with iconicity. In this particular painting the artist has depicted the figure of Christ in a frontal stance with thick black lines along the contours, as he carries the cross over his shoulder. Unlike the other depictions of Christ bearing the cross with hardship, this image has a tranquil, sacred mood. Jamini Roy narrated episodes from Christian mythology in a way that could communicate itself easily to the ordinary Bengali villager.
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