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Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality and contribution to the emergence of art in India remains unquestionable.
Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality and contribution to the emergence of art in India remains unquestionable.
Jamini Roy was born in the village in Beliatore in the Bankura district of West Bengal in 1887. This rural birthplace would later assume a huge significance in defining the new turns in his art. His career as an artist began with his enrolment at age 16 in the Government School of Art, Calcutta, where he acquired a solid grounding in academic art.
Jamini Roy (Bengali: যামিনী রায়) (11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972) was an Indian painter. He was honoured by the Government of India the award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He remains one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, another praised Indian artist and instructor.
From 1920 onwards, Roy’s work represented scenes from village life, reflecting the innocence and romanticism of the rural environment. Jamini Roy did a suite of paintings featuring Santal women. Sensuously painted with firm angular lines, the artworks show the women engaged in their daily chores.
May 31, 1987 · Jamini Roy, the artist, nevertheless managed to attain a basic goal: international recognition for producing truly timeless works of art. And last fortnight, exhibitions in Calcutta, Bombay and New Delhi commemorating his 100th birth anniversary, once again testified to this growing recognition.
