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                                                     One of the most prolific painters coming out of West Bengal and very beloved was Jamini Roy.   He first started learning art at the Govt college of Art, Calcutta. He started out as a portrait painter, and then moved onto to other subjects   There were two schools of thought or art that came out of Bengal, at the turn of the last century considered to be the leaders in Modern Art. The Bengal School and the Shantiniketan School of art. Both influenced Jamini Roys work the most . Interpretations of art that  took the existing art form from Ajanta Ellora caves/ Patua paintings   and the figurative styles they offered.   He painted a lot of paintings, apparently over 20000, and also did small scale paintings of larger ones- like an idea forming in his mind, and then it...

  A rtSutra Kurate Art Talks with Sakala Appachu Debrass Female Artists of India. Part 1 Continuing the series with the second of a three part series. On our top celebrated female artists in India First I want to thank Sang ita Chopra Raghavan from Art Musings - Mumbai Artist extraordinaire- Vallery Puri Collectors Shaleen Virmani Karnik , and Parveen Sikand . Special mention to Kusum Bhatia and Purnima Bellur The four artists I covered in this episode are 1. Anjolie Ela Menon 2. Zarina Hashmi 3. Madhavi Parekh 4. Bharti Kher All diverse and unique in their talent and sensibility. #artadvisory #indianart #podcast #artmentorship #artconsultant #inspiration https://youtu.be/GIf1odj1XhQ