• NGMA India

    Jamini Roy

    Accession No . 3037 Artist Name. Jamini Roy Title. Head of a Man Medium. Pen and ink on paper Size. 9 x 12.5 cm

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    Jamini Roy has painted simple village scenes and familiar village characters like the blacksmith, a group of Santal dancers, a baul singer, a cat with a lobster. He must have felt a sense of elation at finding his way back home because one observes an expression of joyous exuberance as he had found a way to communicate with the people. This particular work is a detailed sketch of man whose painting the artist might have made or could have been a study of the head. Jamini Roy made meticulous sketches and drawings in great detail before undertaking a painting.