Prosanto Roy (1908 - 1973)

Acquired directly from the artist's family

Good overall condition. Colors in catalogue illustration are oversaturated. Less red hue overall, particularly in upper left sectoin where the grass is a much more vivid, bright green.
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Trained from childhood at the legendary Santiniketan, and later a curator at Kala Bhavan, Prosanto Roy was a close student of Rabindranath Tagore and his nephews, Abanindranath and Gaganendranath.

The influence of the Japanese woodblock print, or ukiyo-e, upon an Indian village scene is significant in the present work, from the Arabian Night Series, as well as the subtle treatment of watercolor, in nod to the orientalist techniques of the younger Tagore brothers.