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Lot No. 21: Bhattacharjee, Bikash

A Portrait of Joyti Basu

  • Medium: Water color on paper laid on card
  • Year: 1979
  • Size: 18 x 13.5 inches

Winning Bid : ₹4,63,200

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Estimate

2,00,000 - 3,00,000


Estimate US$

2400-3600

Ends at Oct 11, 2023 07:20 PM IST

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Total : 8 bids   |   Next 5 valid bids   | 20% Buyer's Premium   |   Additional Charges   |   Comparable

Bhattacharjee, Bikash

A Portrait of Joyti Basu

Signed and Dated. Signed by Artist in Bangla

Size: 18 x 13.5 inches

Amongst India’s greatest teachers and artists of the realist idiom and style Bikash Bhattacharjee is known for his portraiture as well as surreal paintings that had their own corollaries. Master of portraits this portrait of Jyoti Basu is created in the style of a contemporary portrait with surreal handling in terms of the blue background and the face lit from a side only fractionally..

Bhattacharjee's translation of the Indian experience drew on both the intense drama and rich emotion of ' European Old Masters like Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, and Johannes Vermeer. In his writing, Historians have found Bhattacharjee referring to Edgar Degas, Kathe Kollwitz, and most importantly Andrew Wyeth, whose painting Christina’s World influenced Bhattacharjee to portray the beauty of ' complex psychological states through detailed realism.'.

His Renaissance-style eye for detail is seen in an Oriental thrust of the portrait. This choice is especially evident in the present lot, where the portrait is by a Nationalist Revivalism, with extraordinary realism while rendering the face as somewhat semi realist . Bhattacharjee adds his own insignia of individuality in his portrait, rendering it a unique study of a great Bengal leader..

Bhattacharjee had an in-depth understanding of political awareness along with a lifelong passion for portraying social realities. His work revealed a profound sensitivity to the relationship between the art historical, the psychological, and the political. He “is an impartial observer of the human condition that surrounds him. These observations are rendered in the simple but forcefully direct language of a consummate artist – a language understood by all” (P. Sen, Visions: Paintings and Sculptures by Somnath Hore, Ganesh Pyne, Bikash Bhattacharjee, and Jogen Chowdhury, Kolkata, 1986, p. 98). .

Provenance: Collection of Gentleman.

Good Condition

Keywords: Watercolor,
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0261 386000.00 Regular 11-10-2023 05:10:01 PM IST
2 anon0246 350900.00 Regular 11-10-2023 05:10:14 PM IST
3 anon0261 319000.00 Regular 11-10-2023 04:10:10 PM IST
4 anon0246 290000.00 Regular 11-10-2023 04:10:53 PM IST
5 anon0261 263600.00 Regular 11-10-2023 02:10:12 PM IST
6 anon0246 239600.00 Regular 11-10-2023 02:10:02 PM IST
7 anon0261 217800.00 Regular 06-10-2023 11:10:32 AM IST
8 anon0172 198000.00 Regular 05-10-2023 12:10:55 PM IST
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