Information on famous indian artist

1. Famous Indian Artist
Bhavana patil

2. Jamini roy

3. Who was Jamini Roy ?
Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State
award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He was one of the most famous
pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality
and contribution to the emergence of art in India remains
unquestionable.

4. Introduction
Jamini Roy was born on 11 April 1887 into a moderately
prosperous kayastha family of land-owners in
beliatore village of the bankura district , West
Bengal.He was raised in an average middle-class, art
loving household which ultimately influenced his future
decisions.

5. Early life
• When he was sixteen he was sent to study at the
government college of art,kolkata Abanindranath Tagore,
the founder of Bengal school was vice-principal at the
institution. He was taught to paint in the prevailing
academic tradition drawing Classical nudes and painting
in oils and in 1908 he received his Diploma in Fine Art.

6. Background
• However, he soon realized that he needed to draw inspiration, not from
Western traditions, but from his own culture, and so he looked to the living
folk and tribal art for inspiration. He was most influenced by
the Kalighat Pat (Kalighat painting), which was a style of art with bold
sweeping brush-strokes. He moved away from his earlier impressionist
landscapes and portraits and between 1921 and 1924 began his first period
of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting point. Jamini Roy
had 4 sons and 1 daughter.

7. Awards
• In 1934, he received a Viceroy's gold medal in an all India exhibition for one of his
work. In 1954 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India,
the third highest award a civilian can be given. In 1955, he was made the first Fellow
of the Lalit Kala Akademi, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Lalit
Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, Government of India.
• In 1976, the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
declared his works among the "Nine Masters" whose work, to be henceforth
considered "to be art treasures, having regard to their artistic and aesthetic value".

8. JAMINI ROY PAINTING STYLE
• Jamini Roy was one of those painters who brought life through his paintings.
After trying the portrait and landscape paintings for the first few years, as
specified earlier, he diverted towards real-life pictorial representations. Jamini
Roy started observing the Bengal folk art and started representing them
through his works. Those paintings were magnificent and it is said that he
was able to sell those at 350 Indian rupees which might seem to be a
mediocre price today. Through the folk-art representation in his paintings, he
was able to achieve three major things.
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9. Paintings by Jamini Roy