• NGMA India

    Jamini Roy

    Accession No . 3138 Artist Name. Jamini Roy Title. Blacksmith-I (Double Picture Made) Medium. Oil on plyboard Size. 47.6 x 72.5 cm

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    From the end 1920s, began to use traditional pigments from vegetable and mineral sources and the imagery was drawn from village life. He invested the peasants, artisans, followers of religious cults, village women and adivasis with immense dignity. He represented in his paintings what they held sacred. Blacksmith is from the same genre of his paintings.