Jamini Roy, who passed away on 24 April 1972, aged 85,
was one of the best-known Indian artists
of the 20th century. In the late 1920s and early ’30s he rejected his academic
training and instead developed a linear, decorative, colourful style based on
Bengali folk traditions. During the 1930s and ’40s the popularity of his
paintings represented the passage of modern Indian art from its European academic leanings to a renewed
interest in traditional iconography and abstract forms. Roy’s subject matter
ranged from the Ramayana to Christ to portraits of contemporary figures such as Mahatma
Gandhi.
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