Nude Study by Hemen Mazumder
Hemen Mazumder (1894 - 1948) Born in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh. In 1911 Decorated the gates to welcome King George V, on his visit to India. In 1919 Founded, Indian Academy of Fine Art, along with Jogeshchandra Seal, Jamini Roy, Bhabani Charan Law and Atul Bose, Calcutta. In 1931 Maharaja of Kashmir invited him to live and paint in Kashmir. 1932-38 Court Artist of Maharaja of Patiala. Published the journal, Shilpi, which was co-published by A.C. Mukhopadhyay. Indian Academy of Fine Art published an album, Indian Masters, where some of his paintings were published. Painted, Cure of all Ills, during his illness, depicting Mahatma Gandhi spinning thread.
Food, where is food? by Gobardhan Ash 1944
Pencil and WatercolorGobardhan Ash ( 1907 -1996) studied Fine Arts at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata from 1926 to 1930 and worked as a professor there from 1953 to 1955. He won several awards during his long and illustrious career, including the Madras Fine Art Society Award (1935), the Silver Medal of the Delhi Fine Arts Society, the Kolkata Academy of Fine Arts Award, the Silver Medal of the Progressive Writers and Artists Association, Kolkata (1945) and the Abanindranath Award from Government of West Bengal in 1985. The artist passed away in 1996.
Anvar-I-Suhaili Illustration 1570
Anvar-I-Suhaili is an illustrated fable book, which depicts animals and birds in their natural surroundings with human like emotions. There is a strong influence of indigenous idiom however the Persian convention is also retained. In many of the illustrations both the flora and fauna are genuinely Indian in treatment and feeling. The depiction is natural, lively and even combines the element of humor. (Source)
A Wife awaiting her husband's return: an illustration from the Amarusataka - Early 17th Century
Color and slight gold on paper
Young Girls, 1932, by Amrita Sher-Gil
Young Girls, 1932, by Amrita Sher-Gil. Amrita’s sister Indira sits on the left clothed in chic European garb, while the partially undressed figure in the foreground is a French friend, Denise Proutaux. This painting was awarded a Gold Medal at the Grand Salon in 1933. Now in the collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Three Girls, by Amrita Sher-Gil, 1935
Amrita Sher-Gil (अमृता शेरगिल) (January 30, 1913, – December 5, 1941), was an eminent Indian painter, sometimes known as India's Frida Kahlo, and today considered an important women painter of 20th century India, whose legacy stands at par with that of the Masters of Bengal Renaissance; she is also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India.Today, she is amongst Nine Masters, whose work was declared as art treasures by The Archaeological Survey of India, in 1976 and 1979, and over 100 of her paintings are now displayed at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
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