Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Kisory Roy
Smoking Copper Refinery
Auction Closed
March 21, 06:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Kisory Roy
1911 - 1965
Smoking Copper Refinery
Oil on board
Signed 'Kisory Roy -' lower right and further titled, dated and inscribed 'Title:- "Smoking Copper Refinery" / Indian Copper Corporation / Ghatsila, Jharkhand / Artist:- Kisory Roy, 1957 / (Painted in Oil on Board)' on reverse
18 x 23 ⅛ in. (45.8 x 58.8 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Acquired from Delhi Art Gallery, September 2020
Kisory Roy trained under one of the stalwarts of academic painting, J. P. Gangooly, and he maintained this visual style throughout his career. Known for depicting the landscapes of West Bengal's countryside, the current lot is an charming depiction of the pastoral environs of the Copper Refinery at Ghatsila, Jharkhand. Although painted with enough detail to place this work in the category of realism, it is rendered with a delicate softness of line and subtly impressionist brushwork. Billowing plumes of smoke pour from the refinery’s towers and fill the blue sky. In contrast to this image of industrial activity, the foreground reveals an idyllic and verdant stretch of countryside. The vista is suffused with warm sunshine, signaling the legacy of Gangooly, a painter known for his mastery of light.