F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)
Untitled
For a brief period in the mid-1960s, Souza collaborated with Rajasthani miniaturist, Mohan Sharma, producing a series of works on paper that were inspired by Indian miniature paintings. Sharma belonged to a family of Nathdwara painters and was trained at the J J School of Art, from where he graduated in 1965. Souza invited Sharma to his studio soon after, and they created paintings that combined the skilled mastery of Souza's line with Sharma's...
For a brief period in the mid-1960s, Souza collaborated with Rajasthani miniaturist, Mohan Sharma, producing a series of works on paper that were inspired by Indian miniature paintings. Sharma belonged to a family of Nathdwara painters and was trained at the J J School of Art, from where he graduated in 1965. Souza invited Sharma to his studio soon after, and they created paintings that combined the skilled mastery of Souza's line with Sharma's technique of painted gouache. They went on to exhibit their work together at the Taj Art Gallery in Bombay the same year. The present lot is the result of this symbiotic partnership in which Souza provided the subject matter and delicate lines which enabled Sharma to contemporise Indian miniature painting, while also catapulting his artistic career.
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Rs 18,00,000 - 24,00,000
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Rs 23,58,000
ARTWORK DETAILS
F N Souza Untitled
Signed, dated and inscribed 'Souza 65/For Peter Paone/friend & artist/London 1-5-67' (upper left)
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EXHIBITED:The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art , New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2 February - 23 March 2013; New York: Delhi Art Gallery, 8 December 2015 - 27 February 2016
Category: Painting
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