Krishen Khanna (b. 1925)

Gifted to the International Center for Research on Women by Krishen Khanna

Paper slightly creased lower left corner, otherwise work appears to be in good overall condition.
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From the mid-1980's Khanna's art becomes more private and reflective with references to memories from his childhood. Miss Amery was his mother's English teacher and is a subject he has returned to on a number of occasions (a canvas of Miss Amery is illustrated in Gayatri Sinha, Krishen Khanna: A Critical Biography, New Delhi, 2001, p. 158). Reveling in the ordinary, the artist states, 'The use of narrative and form is a dialogue with myself... choosing a very common, banal subject allows me scope for leela.' (ibid, p. 155). Geeta Kapur observes that 'his art has a neighbourly observation; it is humanist, tender and vulnbrable, like the man, but not political. The binding factor in his work is his humanism' (ibid ).