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Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy was born in 1887 in West Bengal and came from a wealthy landowning family. He studied art in Calcutta under Abanindranath Tagore, learning Western classical styles. However, Roy realized his passion lay elsewhere and began painting in the Kalighat style using natural pigments, most notably his 1946 masterpiece series depicting the Ramayana across 17 canvases.

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Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy was born in 1887 in West Bengal and came from a wealthy landowning family. He studied art in Calcutta under Abanindranath Tagore, learning Western classical styles. However, Roy realized his passion lay elsewhere and began painting in the Kalighat style using natural pigments, most notably his 1946 masterpiece series depicting the Ramayana across 17 canvases.

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Jamini Roy was born in the year 1887 at Beliatore village


in the Bankura district of West Bengal. Roy was born into
an affluent family of land-owners. His father, Ramataran
Roy, resigned from his government services to pursue his
interest in art. In the year 1903, when he was only 16
years old, Jamini Roy left his village and made it all the
way to Calcutta (now Kolkata) to enrol himself at the
Government College of Art. There, he received education
under Abanindranath Tagore, famous for his valuable
contribution in the field of modern art. Tagore was the
vice principal of the college and trained Roy as per the
prevailing academic tradition. Roy finished his education
in 1908 and was given a Diploma in Fine Arts. Roy was
true to the art that he learned and started painting in
accordance with the Western classical style. But he
straightaway realized that his heart belonged to some
other form of art.
Ramayana – Art lovers and critics would unanimously agree that his 1946 masterpiece
‘Ramayana’ is his magnum opus. Created using Kalighatpata style, this particular work
of his is a series of paintings portrayed across 17 canvases. Roy used vegetable colours
and pigments derived from natural elements to narrate his version of the great Indian
epic. Sarada Charan Das, the successor of K.C. Das, bought the entire series, which
now adorns the walls of his residence ‘Rossogolla Bhavan.’ The residence boasts of the
artist’s largest private collection with 25 of his original paintings. Jamini Roy also
came up with individual episodes of Ramayana, some of which are now displayed in
places like the National Art Gallery of India and the Victoria Memorial Hall.
Makara – ‘Makara’ is a strange looking sea
animal mentioned in the mythological tales of
ancient India. Roy created this painting in the
year 1945. While most of his paintings revolve
around people, one might wonder what
prompted him to paint this mythological
creature.

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