Lot No. 24: HALDAR, ASIT

HALDAR, ASIT

UNTITLED

Signed in Bangla Bottom Right Corner

Image size: 46 x 30 cm (18 x 11.8 inches)
Mount size: 58.2 x 41.5 cm (22.9 x 16.3 inches)
Frame size: 67 x 50.5 cm (26.3 x 19.8 inches)

This Impressive Work By Haldar Seems To Celebrated Poetry And Prose Of Indian Culture And Beauty. He Depicts Left Profile View Of A Seated Woman Under A Tree, Her Flowing Colourful Garment And Jewelry Similar To Banjara Woman. The Setting Is That Of Idyllic Contemplation That Draws Its Spectators Into A Meditative Silence.
Artist Has Interestingly Used The Pictorial Space With Mild Suggestion Of Perspective Laid Out By The Gradually Diminishing Intensity Of Colour From Forefront Of The Image To The Background With A Stunning Command Of Wash Techniques. The Placing Of The Bright Ochre Coloured Odhini Around The Figure Further Complements To The Lyrical Quality Of The Work.

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Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman

About Artist

Asit Kumar Haldar (1890 - 1964)

Born in the Tagore household, Asit Kumar Haldar aptitude for painting developed from a young age. Initiation into the arts under patua Jhareswar Chakravarthi helped him pick many nuances of folk art. Haldars greatest mentor was his grand-uncle Rabindranath…...Read More