Top 3 Jamini Roy Paintings of All Times

 

Did you know that Jamini Roy is one of Abanindranath Tagore's renowned students who brought Bengali folk art to the forefront of Indian Modern Art? After he rejected the medium of oil in European paintings in the late 1920s, he started using vegetable and mineral sources for traditional pigment agents. Slowly and steadily, he started including village life in his artworks that were popularised in not just India but across the globe as well.

We will be shedding light on his top 3 paintings that leave the art lovers of the day in awe.

Mother and Child

Here, you will find an infant sitting on the hip side of the mother, which is common practice in rural India. In this Jamini Roy painting, the daily life and emotions of the mother-child relationship have been highlighted in bold black outlines and bright colours. Motherhood is being celebrated in this imagery of her bond with the child.

Santhal Girl

Santhal is an Indian tribe who are found in the largest numbers across the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. As Roy portrayed a side glimpse of Santhal Girl in this painting, he highlighted the background as much as he gave importance to the main character standing in the water in a sari. The warm colours depicted in this painting complement the bright-coloured sari and her accompanying side characters, the earthen pot and the red flowers.

Woman with a Pot

It is considered one of the masterpieces created by Jamini Roy which is an amalgamation of bright colours and bold outlines. We can say it is one of the simple paintings drawn by an Indian artist, who was more keen on portraying the people and their daily lives on canvas. Her highlighted nose ring is a simple representation of rural women embracing and celebrating Indian culture in their routine.

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 Who knew what inspired him to step into this sort of Bengali art form? But one thing is clear, his paintings set a benchmark for generations to follow. They can now take inspiration from his work and create something of their own. After a point of time, Jamini Roy paintings gathered so much popularity and inspired many people that the Indian government also honoured him with Padma Bhushan in 1954.