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R B BhaskaranModern Meets Retro Indian Art Madras, Cool Eclectic Cats Canvas Painting 2017
2017
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Part of the history of Modern Art in India, this stunning, large painting is by noted seminal artist R B Bhaskaran. The artist’s work plays with the genre of abstraction, spanning the period of Modern to the Contemporary in Indian Art. In this 2007 painting on canvas, Bhaskaran offers the viewer both landscape and still life forms and his exquisite use of formal elements suggests a sense of place, of weight and of history.
Modern and Contemporary Artwork from India is now International in its collecting base. Leading artist’s such as R B Bhaskaran have always operated on a global platform. Born in 1942 in Madras, India, his art was an important part of the exciting explosion of Modern Art which began in India the 1960’s. Bhaskaran moved between India, the US and the UK working and learning with some of the best.
Provenance: Coming directly from the artist’s studio, we are delighted to be bringing this work to the market. The painting comes with a Certificate from the Gallery.
Condition and framing. The work is titled 'Still Life' and was made in 2017. Image size is 27 inches by 68 inches, mixed media on canvas. Framed the work measures 31 inches by 72 inches, The painting is in good condition.
R B Bhaskaran ( 1942 - )
Paintings by leading Indian artist R B Bhaskaran, often large-scale and vibrant, use a stripped-down imagery that celebrates form, colour and ground. Only the best artists make a success from such simplicity. They capture our imagination and draw us into the work. These paintings allow us to explore an intangibility of thoughts, feelings, and fleeting private moments. Bhaskaran’s paintings are great artworks and great art often teaches us something about ourselves.
Just like his contemporary, Howard Hodgkin, Bhaskaran’s paintings are distinctive. The brushstrokes and limited palette of strong colours point us straight to the artist and the spontaneity of his forms. Whilst his images may appear to be simple in their choice of objects and shapes they are anything but, which is why they hold our attention and draw us in. Each work, peppered with mark-making, lines, dots, and colour spots, creates paths that expands the narratives the paintings offer.
We see plants, trees and animals, pots and vases, people and cats. Lots and lots of images of a cat, which in Bhaskaran’s hands becomes a timeless form that mirrors and confronts us, human-like, long-limbed, independent and commanding attention. It is primarily through the anthropomorphic image of the cat that Bhaskaran has chosen to explore his painting, his life as an artist and the world he inhabits.
Ultimately these are great paintings to live with. They have a weight to them, a quality that comes from a great painter who is an acknowledged master of his craft and a leading proponent of the Modern and Contemporary Indian Art movement.
R B Bhaskaran trained at The Government College of Arts and Crafts, in what was then Madras, today Chennai, India.
He obtained his Masters in the UK and from 1970-80 expanded his practice at The Smithsonian in the USA.
Bhaskaran has held prestigious positions within the Art World in India including as Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi between 2002-2007.
His work is held in major Public and Private Collections worldwide and he exhibited widely.
Bhaskaran continues to live and work in Chennai, South India.
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- Creator:R B Bhaskaran (1942, Indian)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)
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- Condition:From the artists studio, is in excellent condition with no rips or tears to the canvas. The frame has wear to the top left corner, see photograph. If the buyer wishes, this can be repaired before shipping.
- Gallery Location:Norfolk, GB
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