Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Biswanath L. Mukerji
Untitled (Two Mountain Scenes)
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March 21, 06:10 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom
Biswanath L. Mukerji
1921 - 1984
Untitled (Two Mountain Scenes)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'B. L. Mukerji. 1945.' lower left; Signed and dated 'B. L. Mukerji. '55.' lower right and bearing Chemould label on reverse
13 ⅝ x 20 in. (34.5 x 50.7 cm.); 15 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ in. (39.6 x 49.7 cm.)
Quantity: 2
Painted in 1945; Painted in 1955
Acquired from a private dealer, Cyprus, August 2020
Acquired from a private dealer, St. Louis, April 2021
Acquired from a private dealer, St. Louis, April 2021
Born in Varanasi in 1921, Biswanath Mukerji left home aged just 17 to pursue his artistic ambitions. He studied at the Lucknow School of Art under Bengal School artist Asit Kumar Haldar. Mukerji is best known for his landscapes, and the current paintings depict two idyllic mountainscapes. The mountains are deftly rendered and reminiscent of the work of J.P. Gangooly, and yet the foregrounds, with banks of lush grass and foliage, lit by shafts of warm light, display a charming romanticism. Mukerji was reclusive throughout his life and these secluded mountain scenes beautifully echo the artist's withdrawn nature.
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