JAMINI ROY

About:

• Jamini Roy (1887 – 1972) was an Indian painter.
  
  
• He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore.
  
  
• He preferred himself to be called a patua.
  • Initially he experimented with Kalighat paintings but found that it has ceased to be strictly a "patua" and went to learn from village patuas.
    
    
  • Consequently, his techniques as well as subject matter was influenced by traditional art of Bengal.
    
    
  
  
  
• Awards and Honours:
  • He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1955.
    
    
  • In 1955, he was made the first Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, Government of India.
    
    
  • In 1976, the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India declared his works among the "Nine Masters" whose work, to be henceforth considered "to be art treasures, having regard to their artistic and aesthetic value".