Kolkata - Paintings

Gurucharan Singh - Untitled Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 24 inches Born 1949 Exhibitions : Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 'Twilight Tales', The Viewing Room, Mumbai 2008 Jehan...

Prakash Karmakar – Untitled 28 x 20 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Paper 2007 ( Framed and Delivered ). Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are...

Sanatan Dinda - Nude Woman - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size) Pastel on Paper, 2010 shipment without frame Style : Sanatan Dinda discovers the beautiful amidst the ruins of a dilapidated city; his work becomes lyrical while he puts his signature on the curves and cleavages of sculpted human bodies. Born in the intestines of North Kolkata, the lanes and by lanes of Kumartuli, the squalor and the dirt, the refinement and nuances of a traditional craft of idol-making, the ancient river, the lonely bathing places taught him everything. Poverty all around, Sanatan had enough courage, even in his formative years, to convince himself that eternity could be invented, here and now, in a day. His art, both sculpture and painting, engages in a dialogue between tradition and modernity. Today, his work can be considered to be a prime example of contemporary Bengali visual culture. For last few years, Sanatan has been trying to stress upon traditional clay-sculpting – primarily the local popular sculpture...

Sunil Das - Early Horses VI - 19.5 x 29 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on paper (Framed & Delivered) Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and rose to ...

Steven Gandhi - Horse - 18 x 24 inches (unframed size) Oil on Canvas Free shipment in a roll form all over the world. Style : This series of works are reflection of artist Gandhi’s ...

Jogen Chowdhury Mixed Media on Paper 6 x 4.1 inches 2023 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual styl...

Rabin Mondal - Face 17 x 14 Inches Acrylic on Paper 2016 Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They ca...

Rabin Mondal - Face 14 x 10 Inches Acrylic on Paper 2018 Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They c...

Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 48 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone...

Rabin Mondal - Face 24 x 21 Inches Acrylic on Canvas 2018 Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They c...

Dipak Banerjee - Ganesha - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Canvas, 2005 (Framed and ready to hang door delivered) Dipak Banerjee is today the undisputed leader and ‘cre...

Amit Kalla - Untitled - 72 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas ** Free Shipment ...... will be delivered in rolled form. Style : Kalla’s work can be represented by his com...

Sekhar Kar - Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, 2019 22 x 30 inches (Unframed) ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE ) Style : Sekhar Kar's paintings depict men and women in swirling m...

Rahim Mirza - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 12 x 12 inches (unframed size) Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaki...

Suhas Roy - Radha - 20 x 16 inches ( unframed size) Dry Pastel on Imported Paper , 2006 World Wide shipping in Roll form. Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either...

Amitava Dhar - Untitled Oil on Canvas 46 x 58 inches, 1994 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Amitava Dhar graduated from Government College of Arts & Crafts, Kolkata, following which he did...

Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Charcoal & Dry Pastel on Brown Paper Pasted on Board 10 x 8 inches 2021 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Cho...

Bhaskar Chitrakar - Maa Kali- 15 x 11 inches (unframed size) Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, 2022 About the Artist & his works : Born : 1978. Bhaska...

Sunil Das - Making Love Series II - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper Pasted on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil D...

Anjolie Ela Menon Mixed Media on Paper 8 x 8 inches, 2011 ( Framed & Delivered ) Born : Anjolie Ela Menon was born on 17 July 1940, in Burnpur, Bengal [now in West Bengal] India of mixed Bengali and American parentage. Education : She went to Lawrence School, Lovedale in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. By the age of 15, when she left school, she had already sold a few paintings. Thereafter, she briefly studied at the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai and later earned a degree in English Literature from Delhi University, where she studied at the famous women's college, Miranda House. During this time, she was drawn to the works of Modigliani, and Indian painters, M F Husain and Amrita Shergil...

Suhas Roy - Untitled Watercolour on Paper, 11 x 15 inches, 1954 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Oil on canvas or soft colored past...

Kartick Chandra Pyne - Singing - 42 x 36 inches (unframed size) Oil & Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. Style : After graduating from the Government College...

Sekhar Kar - Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, 2019 22 x 30 inches (Unframed) ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE ) Style : Sekhar Kar's paintings depict men and women in swirling m...

Sekhar Kar - Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper 22 x 30 inches (Unframed) ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE ) Style : Sekhar Kar's paintings depict men and women in swirling masses ...

Rana Roy Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 20 inches (each) (without frame) Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Sekhar Kar Mixed Media on Paper 30 x 22 inches (without frame) Inclusive of ship...

Amitabha Banerjee - Day Dream - 6 x 10 inches (unframed size) Etching on paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. About the Artist and his work : Born : In 1929 born in Barisal, Ba...

Lalu Prasad Shaw - Biwi - 12 x 9 inches Ink on Canvas Board, 2022 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu...

Sunil Das - Color Based Drawings, 13 x 9.5 inches ( Unframed sizes ) Acrylic, Watercolour, Pen &Ink on Handmade Paper, 2003 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Mas...

Kapil Anant - Indian Culture Ink, Acrylic and Gold Foil on Paper 8.3 x 11.8 inches , 2023 ( Set of 4 works ) Kapil Anant was born in 1998. Completed B.F.A from College Of Arts Delh...

Sunil Das - Bull & Horse - 9 x 8.5 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Thick Paper Free Shipping Without Frame Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 8 x 8.25 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Figures, female torsos in frontal nudity, a crouching cow an...

Pankaj Panwar Pastel on Paper, 6 x 9 inches (Unframed Size) 2017 (Each) Set of 2 works ( Delivered unframed ) Born : 1961. Education : 1988 - M.F.A. (Sculpture) from Fine Arts Faculty, M.S. University, Baroda. 1986 - B.F.A. (Sculpture), Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santlniketan.1989-1990 - Post-Experience Diploma in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK . Professor in Sculpture, Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, W.B. India. Select Solo Exhibitions : 2008 Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto. Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK. R. C. A., London, UK . Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK Art-Heritage, New Delhi. Select Group Exhibitions : 2008 Shaptarishee, Sculpture in Steel, organized by Depika Jindal, by curated Alka Pandey, Habitat center, New Delhi . Edge of Desire – Idioms of Indian & Italian Contemporary Art, NGMA, Kolkata, Bombay; New Delhi. The Human Figure, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi. Entrusted, Charles Wallace Trust, New Delhi . Continuity, Disjuncture, Creativity, Akar Prakar, Kolkata. Tale of Two Cities, Birla Academy, Kolkata; Mumbai . Hundred and Fifty years of Art of Bengal, CIMA, Kolkata; Mumbai. Multi Media Art...

Shipra Bhattacharya - She-I, Oil on Canvas 30 x 34 inches , 2008 (unframed size) ( Framed & Delivered ) Style : Shipra , is a leading contemporary mid career artist of India. Shipr...

Amit Bhar - Banaras Ghat Oil on Canvas, 32 x 24 inches (Shipment in a roll form) About Artist : Born and brought up in Hoogly, Chinsurah, in 1973, Amit Bhar...

Tapas Ghosal - Face - 12 x 12 inches ( unframed size) ) Acrylic on Canvas *** Framed ( packing :complimentary; shipping cost would need to be extra) Style : In Hindu philosophy, ...

Acloke Sardar - Untitled - 58 x 30 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. About the Artist and his work : Born : Aloke Sardar is a self taught full time painter. He was born in Kolkata, 1959. Two Men Show : 2003 - JEHANGIR ART GALLERY (6th – 12th Oct), Mumbai. 1997 - NEHRU CENTRE, (Sep 24th – 30th ), Mumbai 1997 - NEHRU CENTRE, (Jan 24th – 30th ), Mumbai Solo Shows : 1997 - ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (APRIL 18 th – 24 th),Kolkata. 1994 - EXHIBITION IN PARIS ( MAY) 1987 - ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (11 th - 20 th OCT), Kolkata Group Shows : 2013 - EMAMI CHISEL ART GALLERY Kolkata (19th August- 13th September) EMAMI CHISEL ART GALLERY Kolkata 2012 - ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Kolkata. 2008 - KANVAS ART GALLERY (31st Jan –16th Feb), Kolkata 2007 - SAMOKAL ART GALLEY,(6th – 20th Dec.), Kolkata ; GALLERY KOLKATA-A brush with Durga (18th – 31st Oct) Kolkata ; GANDHARA ART GALLERY (3rd -10th Sep), Kolkata ; ASHUTOSH BIRT CENETARY HALL-Journey Begins(25th Aug-1st Sep) Kol ; CHITRAKOOT ART GALLERY(3rd – 12th Sep) ; ARTLINE (23rd Sep-7th Oct),Kolkata ; GALLERY WITH DIFFERENCE(23rd – 30th Oct)Kolkata. 2006 - CYMROZA ART GALLERY (31st may-10th June), Mumbai ; ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BIRLA ACADEMY, Kolkata. 2003 - Painter’s 80 LALIT KALA AKADEMY (Jan 5th – 11th ), New Delhi. 2002 - Painter’s 80 ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS , (Sep 11th – 18th ). 2001 - Painter’s 80- BIRLA ACADEMY , (Sep 25th – 7th Oct). 2000 - Biswa Banga , ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS,(Dec 29th – 9th Jan) 1999 - MAGIX INDIA ART GALLERY, (Sep), Kolkata 1998 - APARNA KAUR ART GALLERY, New Delhi. 1996 - RABINDRA BHAWAN, New Delhi. 1994 - 3 aces, ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS,(April 5th – 11th ), Kolkata. 1993 - YOUNG FACES, ORGANISED BY BIRLA ACADEMY. 1992 - Invitee Artist by FRENCHISE DE CALCUTTA . 1990 - Calcutta Through The Eyes Of Painters’ by BIRLA ACADEMY. 1989 - “CONTEMPORARY IMAGES” by ROTARY CLUB OF CALCUTTA. 1987 - BIRLA ACADEMY OF ART AND CULTURE ,Kolkata 1985 - KALA MELA ORGANISED BY TRITYO PROVA, Kolkata 1981 - BIRLA ACADEMY OF ART AND CULTURE (JULY 7 th -19 th ), Kolkata. Award : From the “ Royal Photography...

Sanatan Dinda - Nude Woman - 28 x 20 inches (unframed size) Pastel on Paper, 2011 shipment without frame Style : Sanatan Dinda discovers the beautiful amidst the ruins of a dilapida...

Gurucharan Singh - Untitled - 30 x 22 inches (Unframed Size ) Acrylic on Fabriano Paper ( Framed & Delivered ) Born 1949 Exhibitions : Selected...

Sekhar Kar - Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, 2019 22 x 30 inches (Unframed) ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE ) Style : Sekhar Kar's paintings depict men and women in swirling m...

Kapil Anant - Incredible India Acrylic & Ink on Canson Paper (Mixed Media) 8.3 x 11.8 inches ( Set of 28 works ) Inclusive of shipment in rolled form. Kapil Anant was born in 1998. ...

Sunil Das - Horse Head Ink on Paper 10 x 8 inches, 2011 ( delivered unframed ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremely successful right from h...

Gurucharan Singh - Untitled Oil on Canvas, 14.5 x 10 inches Born 1949 Exhibitions : Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 'Twilight Tales', The Viewing Room, Mumbai 2008 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1989,86 Gallery 7...

Gurunathan Govindhan - Untitled Pigment on Canvas, 84 x 60 inches

Badri Narayan - Still Life - 5 x 5 inches ( unframed size) Ink on paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Style : The artist’s paintings are narrative, and titles like ‘Q...

Gurudas Shenoy - Red Landscape Oil on Canvas, 30 x 54 inches, 2020 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Gurudas Shenoy is a well-known artist based in B...

Buwa Shete - Untitled - 36 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas, 2007 ( ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED ) Buwa Shete, born in 1960 in Maharashtra, India...

Atul Bose - Royal Academy Series-3 Pen & Ink on Paper, 15 x 11.2 inches (Unframed Size) 1924-26 (Delivered Unframed in as is condition) Atul Bose was a master artist whose creative journey spanned several decades and left an indelible mark on the Indian art scene. He was born in 1898 in a small village in Bengal and showed an early aptitude for art. Despite facing financial difficulties, he pursued his passion and enrolled in the Government School of Art in Calcutta. Bose's early works were influenced by the Bengal School of Art, which was a movement that sought to revive traditional Indian art forms. However, over time, Bose developed his own unique style that blended elements of Indian art with European modernism. He was particularly influenced by the works of artists like Paul Cezanne and Georges Braque. Bose spent two years, 1924-6, at the Royal Academy. He was heavily influenced there by the post-impressionist Walter Sickert. He refused an invitation to help decorate the pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 with Mukul Dey...

Ganesh Haloi - Khoai Santiniketan 11 x 15 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper, 2021 (Unframed & Delivered) Born : In 1936 Ganesh Haloi born in Jamalpur, Mymensingh, now in Banglade...

Bijan Choudhury - Untitled - 13 x 10 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper , 2010 ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DOOR DELIVERED ) Style : The Marxist orientatio...

Rabin Mondal - Untitled ; Ink on Paper 15 x 22 inches (unframed size) 1993 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They came from far to work and earn their livelihood. He would observe them and was deeply moved by the labour and low rung working class who carried all the heavy load oriented work. He would paint the men and the women , some distressed , some gloomy but with a force that would uplift them to be the heros of the society. Surprisingly Mondal was never depressed himself although he painted people in hard labour and poverty . Style : Mondal`s works are mainly figurative. He paints in bold strokes and creates tableaux, whose themes are universal. The faces of his figures stare at you out of the canvas, strange and pensive, but also strong and defiant. Not yet beaten, surviving by sheer force of spirit. He mostly uses dense pigments in blacks and reds, with only occasional moss green and turquoise colors seeping through. About the Artist & his works : Born : Rabin Mondal (1929 – 2019) was born in Howrah, Kolkata. Education : 1959 : Completed his Art Appreciation Course, Ashutosh Museum, Kolkata University, Kolkata. 1956-58 : Attended Evening Classes, Indian College of Art and Draughtmanship, Kolkata. 1952 : Bachelor of Commerce, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata University, Kolkata. Art Career : The industrial belt of Howrah, with its inherent tendency towards violence, anguish and suffering influenced him deeply, and found its way into his works. So did ugly street battles fought by political parties. Mondal discovered that his artistic temperament was out of keeping with the hostile environment and situation. Besides a debilitating knee injury in his childhood created a sense of isolation in the artist, which also finds expression in his canvas. He says what saved him from sheer madness was his talent in art. In 1949, he joined the Vidyasagar College of Art in Kolkata. At that time, a festival of French artists was being held in the city. It exposed him to the works of French modernist artists. Prior to this, he had no exposure to the international art world. He was only familiar with different schools of Indian art, particularly the Bengal school. As a young painter, Mondal was attracted by Jamini Roy`s folk style and Rabindranath Tagore`s disquieting paintings and drawings. But the show by French artists was virtually a turning point in his artistic career. "This was like opening a window to an astounding, astonishing, unsuspected world," he says. This encounter with avant-garde Western art helped him to later incorporate elements from it in his own work. Art Works : Mondal worked out of his Howrah studio, churning out a series of "kings" and "queens" painted with oil on canvas. These are perhaps Mondal’s best known works, depicting tragic looking figures, seemingly suffering from paranoia and fear, yet ironically termed kings and queens. Some of the highlights of this series were the works Man Acting as King, King Being Appeased, King Making Confession, and King and his Assassin. Mondal also produced a series of "deities", which sometimes seem to merge thematically with his "queens". The artist’s deities are generally depicted with radiate crowns, whereas his kings and queens are not. Other favorite subjects of the artist were the brothel and the harem, which he depicted in canvases such as Event in Red Light Area and Orgy. For someone who hates all forms of pretentiousness, he has done a series of painting on queens and empresses. "Though they belong to the past, queens live in virtual isolation, and I feel sorry for them," he says. "It is this isolation that makes the queen, for me, a fascinating subject." One of the criticisms leveled against him is that his works are not pleasing to the eye. To which he replies, "Painting is for communication and not for decoration." Solo Exhibitions : Rabin has had several solo exhibitions:
 From 1961 - 1973, 1976, 1987, 1993 and 1999 he exhibited solo at various places in Kolkata. In 1974, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1991 he showcased solo in several place in New Delhi. From 1978 - 1980 and in 1984 he had solo exhibitions at Birla Academy of Art and Culture in Kolkata. In 1980 he had a solo show at Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai. In 1989 and 1990 he exhibited solo in Mumbai. In 1993 he had a solo show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. In 2014 - 2015 and 2016 he exhibited 'Kingdom of Exile: A Retrospective' at Delhi Art Gallery, Mumbai and at DAG Modern, New York. Group Exhibitions : He has participated in several group exhibitions:
 In 1955, 1969, 1970 - 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1995, 1998 - 2002 and 2010 he participated in various group exhibitions in Kolkata. From 1963 - 1965, 1971, 1973, 1980 - 1982 and 1985 he exhibited in group shows at Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi. In 1964, 1969, 1994 and 1996 he took part in group exhibitions at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) and LTG Gallery in New Delhi. In 1968 and 1972 he participated in group exhibitions at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. In 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 - 1980 and 1983 he took part in several group shows at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. From 1975, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010 he participated in multiple group shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangladesh and Bangalore. In 1975 he took part in the 3rd Triennale in New Delhi. In 1984 he participated in the Tokyo Biennale, Japan. From 2003 - 2005, 2010 and 2011 he took aprt in Manifestations I - VI’ at...

Sunil Das - Making Love Series I - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper Pasted on Board Shipment without frame . Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist...

Naman Mahipal - Untitled Mixed Media Ink & Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 36 inches, 2020 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Naman expresses his subjects and ...

Sekhar Roy - Untitled - 30 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Sekhar's acrylics generally treat the terrible strains and tensions of u...

Somenath Maity - Untitled 30 x 30 inches (unframed size) Oil on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. About the Artist & his work : Born in 1960 at Midnapore in West Bengal, Somenath Maity studied Fine Arts at the College of Visual Arts in Kolkatta under the guidance of the senior and eminent Bengali artist, Shuvaprassana. After obtaining his degree here, Maity went on to receive a diploma in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, also in Kolkatta. Somenath Maity is self-professedly an artist of urban environments and cultures. Called avantgarde and unconventional for his landscapes, this artist’s favourite occupation is to find the inner beauty that exists in every big city and that most people don’t see or bother to look for, and then express it in his abstract oils on canvas. Maity builds up his paintings, all aptly titled "structure", one brush stroke at a time, almost as an architect would work on a blueprint for a building. Maity’s colors and textures are strong, bringing to the forefront the life of the urban sprawls that he paints, and investing them with a force that works beyond the life of their inhabitants, keeping them ticking no matter who comes or goes, lives or dies. Recognized today as one of Bengal's important new emerging painters, Maity has already exhibited his works at many major Indian and European galleries. He has won awards and scholarships from most of the major Indian fine art...

Haren Das - Dream Woodcut Edition 12/15 10.6 x 11.6 inches, 1976 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Born in Dinajpur in present day Bangladesh on 1 February 1921, Das took a diploma in fine a...

Somnath Hore - Family Pen & Ink on Paper, 13.6 x 10 inches ; 1991 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Inclusive of shipment mounted not framed, Should you wish to receive the same framed and s...

Sunil Das - Erotic Series IV - 14 x 10.5 inches (unframed size) Reversible, Pen & Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern...

Gobardhan Ash - Untitled - Gouache on Paper 10 x 15 inches (unframed size) Style : Regarded as a pioneer of modern Indian art, Ash’s contribution at the time when India witnessed the advent of Western modernism is significant and colossal. His work was exploratory, visionary and inspiring. He printed with bold courage and a free spirit, never yielding to the rules set by official art. He rejected the preconceived notions of how an artist ought to render his subjects and inevitably rebelled against the academic rules “ If we look at nature in the open, we do not see individual objects each with its own colors but rather a bright medley of tints which blend in our eyes, in our minds.” – Gobardhan Ash (The Statesman, April 24, 1994). His verbal imagery alluded to what was real and relevant in India yet transcended to communicate a deeper, universal message about the human spirit. Disillusioned with the limits and constraints he faced, Ash withdrew into his private introspective world to explore his own mode of artistic expression. And although it was the convention then to paint divinities or exotic female figures on their way to the temple, Ash embarked on a new approach altogether to paint farmers toiling in the fields, workers engaged in intense labor to earn their living, thereby setting a new trend of socio-realistic art in India. In 1945, Ash was brought into the public eye when the progressive writers Association discovered his series of paintings on the Bengal famine. The paintings depict, if not document, the ravages of the 1943 catastrophe. In juxtaposition to the famine series, his impressionist and post impressionist gouaches during the late 40s come as an interesting antithesis. Colors, rich and vibrant, come alive in a pulsating tone to dominate the entire painting. Ash never subscribed to a stringent artistic form or technique. Rather, his works from the 80s display yet another intriguing and jarringly different style in his treatment of portraiture. His colors, with the exception of the apparent outlines, are reduced to smudges and smears so that the painting appear to originate from stained canvas. His subjects, spectral figures that engage and draw us within their profound state of despair and helplessness. To characterize the life works of Gobardhan Ash is to recognize the complexity and spontaneity of his ideas and the enormous richness of his style. An artist who devoted his entire life to art, his paintings have transited and evolved from monochromatic sketches and landscape to portraiture; from naturalistic real-life depictions to abstract expressionism. Whatever the genre style-Ash has demonstrated an eloquent mastery over the diverse style, techniques and medias employed, as evident in the vast retrospective collection. His paintings are conceptual and purposeful, displaying a unique individuality. His art expounds a frank desire to convey the value of uncompromising artistic sincerity. Gobardhan Ash remains today a prolific artist of his time. About the Artist & his works : Born : Regarded as a pioneer of modern Indian art, Gobardhan Ash (1907-1996) was born at the village of Begampur in Hoogly district of West Bengal.. Family : His father was Haricharan Ash and mother Gouri Devi. He spent all his life in this village and died here in 1996 at the matured age...