Jamini Roy
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Jamini Roy was a pioneering Indian modernist painter renowned for transforming traditional Bengali folk and Kalighat pat styles into a distinctive, bold visual language.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jamini Roy canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist artist
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
flat application of colour
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limited, earthy colour palette ⓘ simplified, geometric forms ⓘ strong contour lines ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Padma Bhushan
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Viceroy’s Gold Medal (early career recognition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Jamini Roy Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
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retrospective exhibitions in India and abroad ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-04-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-04-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| fullName | Jamini Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk-inspired painting
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portrait painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
art teacher (early career)
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artist ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian modernist painters
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post-independence Indian art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bengali folk art
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Kalighat pat painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Western academic realism (early career) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Bengali
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English ⓘ |
| movement |
Bengal School of Art
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Indian modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adapting Kalighat pat painting style
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bold, simplified forms and flat colours ⓘ transforming Bengali folk art into modern painting ⓘ use of indigenous materials and techniques ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Krishna and Balarama (various compositions)
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Mother and Child (series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Santhal dancers (series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodActive |
early 20th century
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mid 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Beliatore, Bankura, Bengal Presidency, British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Calcutta, West Bengal, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Calcutta, West Bengal, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
cloth and wood panels
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homemade tempera on cardboard ⓘ natural, indigenous pigments ⓘ |
| workLocation | Calcutta, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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