Sunita Kumar (b. 1942)

Good overall condition. This work is acrylic on canvas; not oil on canvas as printed in the catalogue. Unframed. This has been stretched with handmade nails visible along the sides.
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August 2010 marked Mother Theresa's centennial anniversary. Sunita Kumar regularly painted Mother Theresa, and this triptych is a fine example. Journalist Mick Brown explains: "For 35 years, Sunita Kumar was a volunteer worker for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, her friend and confidante, her de facto spokeswoman - and, more unusually, her painter. Kumar worked as a volunteer in various capacities for Mother Teresa. When Mother Teresa's health begun to deteriorate markedly in the early Nineties, Kumar says she felt a compelling urge to record her friend's life and work on canvas. 'I wanted to show her through my paintings how much I loved and respected her, because I couldn't express it in words."' (Sunita Kumar rpt. Mick Brown, "Mother was My Role Model", The Telegraph, September 23, 2003)