New in the Gallery

Starry Night INR 5,75,000/-
Acrylic on Canvas Special 425000/-
96 x 72 inches

Sunil Madhav Sen

1910 - 1979

Untitled, Mixed Media on Canvas INR 2,99,950/-
27 x 48 inches

Anita Roy Chowdhury

b 1938

Habitat
Oil on Canvas
30 x 24 inches

Special Price
INR 65,000/-

Mother Nature
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches

INR 65,000/-

ARTIST IN FOCUS

Gobardhan
Ash

G o b a r d h a n A s h 1907 - 1996

Born in 1907 in India, Gobardhan Ash studied at the Fine Arts Government School of
Arts in Kolkata between 1926 and 1930 and at the Government School of Arts and
Crafts in Chennai in 1932.

Regarded as a pioneer of modern Indian art, Ash’s contribution at the time when India
witnessed the advent of Western modernism is significant and colossal. His work was
exploratory, visionary and inspiring. He printed with bold courage and a free spirit,
never yielding to the rules set by official art. He rejected the preconceived notions of
how an artist ought to render his subjects and inevitably rebelled against the
academic rules “ If we look at nature in the open, we do not see individual objects
each with its own colors but rather a bright medley of tints which blend in our eyes, in
our minds.” – Gobardhan Ash (The Statesman, April 24, 1994).

His verbal imagery alluded to what was real and relevant in India yet transcended to
communicate a deeper, universal message about the human spirit. Disillusioned with
the limits and constraints he faced, Ash withdrew into his private introspective world
to explore his own mode of artistic expression.

And although it was the convention then to paint divinities or exotic female figures on
their way to the temple, Ash embarked on a new approach altogether to paint farmers
toiling in the fields, workers engaged in intense labor to earn their living, thereby
setting a new trend of socio-realistic art in India.

Awards
His many awards include the First Prize of the Madras Academy of Fine Arts (1983),
Silver Medals from form the Progressive Writers and Artists Association and from the
Delhi Fine Arts Society, and Cash Awards from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata
(1937) and from the Art Heritage of New Delhi (1985).

In 1945, Ash was brought into the public eye when the progressive writers Association
discovered his series of paintings on the Bengal famine. The paintings depict, if not
document, the ravages of the 1943 catastrophe. In juxtaposition to the famine series,
his impressionist and post impressionist gouaches during the late 40s come as an
interesting antithesis. Colors, rich and vibrant, come alive in a pulsating tone to
dominate the entire painting.

Style : Ash never subscribed to a stringent artistic form or technique. Rather, his
works from the 80s display yet another intriguing and jarringly different style in his
treatment of portraiture. His colors, with the exception of the apparent outlines, are
reduced to smudges and smears so that the painting appear to originate from stained
canvas. His subjects, spectral figures that engage and draw us within their profound
state of despair and helplessness.

Subjects :
To characterize the life works of Gobardhan Ash is to recognise the complexity and
spontaneity of his ideas and the enormous richness of his style. An artist who devoted
his entire life to art, his paintings have transited and evolved from monochromatic
sketches and landscape to portraiture; from naturalistic real-life depictions to abstract
expressionism.

Whatever the genre style-Ash has demonstrated an eloquent mastery over the diverse
style, techniques and medias employed, as evident in the vast retrospective collection.
His paintings are conceptual and purposeful, displaying a unique individuality.

His art expounds a frank desire to convey the value of uncompromising artistic
sincerity. Gobardhan Ash remains today a prolific artist of his time.

Gobardhan Ash

1907 - 1996

Tribe
Gouache on
Paper
9.5 x 10 inches
1985
INR 80000/-

Gouache on Paper Farmer Couple
7 x 11 inches Gouache on Paper

INR 45,000/- 14 x 11 inches

INR 69,000/-

Dog
Gouache on Paper
10 x 13 inches

INR 50,000/-

Sunil Das

1939 - 2015

Sunil Das

1939 - 2015

Head INR 2,50,000/-
Mixed Media on Board (Set of 2) special Price
7.25 x 7.25 inches
1986 (each)

A lovely pair of heads with heavy impasto work is a sheer delight . The favourite
colors of the artist - red dominates this very special set of works executed in
1986. A one of its kind unique piece of work .

Memory of Spain 62 INR 1,20,000/- Special Price
Acrylic on Paper | 11 x 14 inches | 2002

A one of a kind unique work from the much famed inspiration
of the bull fighting he witnessed in spain that inspired the

artist to create a plethora of works on bulls and the matadors

Chandra Bhattacharya

b 1961

Head
Acrylic on Canvas
11 x 17 inches
2017
INR 45,000

Silence
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches
2006

INR 299999/-
Special Price

Untitled INR 299000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches

Sanatan Dinda

b 1971

Ganesha
Conte & Dry Pastel
on Paper
20 x 28 inches
2016

INR 1,25,000/-

Yugpurush
Pastel on
Paper
20 x 28 inches
2016

INR 1,25,000/-

Steven Gandhi

b 1980

Horse
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 inches
INR 75,000/-

Journey's-2
Acrylic on
Canvas
24 x 24 inches
2019

INR 85,000/-

Bhaskar Chitrakar

b 1961

A Modern Twist to Kalighat . Bhaskar Gouache on Paper
Chitrakar is the last generation of the 15 x 11 inches | 2020
original family of the Kalighat Pat Painters INR 25,000/-
who is carrying forward the tradition of his (each)
forefathers .

Anil Kumar Yadav

b 1984

Banaras Ghat INR 75,000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 29.5 inches

Varanasi INR 1,05,000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 30 inches

Aradhana INR 2,50,000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 48 inches

Benaras Ghat-XIII INR 75000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 36 inches

Benaras Ghat-XII INR 75000/-
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 36 inches

Tushar Kanti Das Roy

b 1968

Musician
Iron
10 x 6 x 4 ft
120 x 72 x 48 inches
INR 1,50,000/-

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