Laxman Narain Taskar

Christie's London, 5 October 1999, lot 49

Laxman Narain Taskar was first a student and then became a highly respected teacher at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay. He taught at the school from 1898 until his death in 1937, and throughout his career received numerous awards from the Art Societies of Bombay, Madras and Simla. His work reveals an adept understanding of idealized academic realism, famously expressed in his scenes of local, everyday life. Indeed, the current lot is a charming example of this most favored subject matter of Taskar, the quotidian customs and milieu of his fellow citizens.