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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 156
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Woman Seated
Medium. Tempera on cloth
Size. 11.25' x 17.75'
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From 1924 onwards, Jamini Roy experimented with a new idiom as he was looking for ways to simplify form. During this time his images for the most part became monochromatic bearing an austere play of white, soft grey and black. With a masterly control of the brush, he created contours of the form with fluid, calligraphic lines. Roy, during this phase painted seated female forms, mother and child figures, bauls, leaping deer, crawling infant. This painting is titled 'Woman Seated'. It is noteworthy that the artist has suggested volume to the seated figure with the supple contour line. Although a fleeting reference to Kalighat pats is made at a first glance, a careful look reveals that the idiom was entirely his own. His forms had a gravitas that was lacking in the Kalighat paintings. There is also a circular motif of a floral design at the top right corner. These alpona motifs or wall and floor motifs were incorporated frequently by Jamni Roy in his paintings.
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