1959
Literary ReferencePainting
Osian's · Masterpieces & Museum Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary PaintingsMumbai · 05 December 2002
Pyne continued with the Abanindranathesque watercolours, around 1956, but his palette was becoming complex. Apart from Rembrandt, he was also influenced by Gaganendranath Tagore. A painting called ‘Descent’, of a woman coming down the stairs, points to a geometric division of space in the manner of Gaganendranath. It also shows the first signs of Pyne’s preoccupation with dark areas in painting.There were several significant works done in 1957. The first inklings of reconciling western and the Bengal School values of painting can be noticed in these. Pyne uses the delicate, naturalistic figuration of Abanindranath. He also introduces a narrative element from historical or mythological sources. But in the subtleties of colouring, introduction of dark areas, textural effects, he was appropriating the language of western masters.
Pyne, Ganesh (Artist). Baul, 1959 | Painting
Selling price
INR3,08,000
Within estimate
Estimate
INR 3,00,000 – 4,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 6,764
Medium
Gouache
Dimensions
7.6 × 6 in (19 × 15 cm)
Lot
95 · Os.Mum/05.12.02
