Jamini Roy

Born in 1887 in a small village in Beliatore, Bankura district, West Bengal, Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. Yet, by 1925, Roy had begun experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. By the early...
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Honours and Awards
  • 1967 Awarded honorary D. Litt., Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
  • 1956 Elected Fellow, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
  • 1955 Awarded Padma Bhushan, Government of India
  • 1935 Awarded Viceroys Gold Medal for ‘Mother Helping the Child to Cross the Pool’.
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    Lot 78 Details

    25th Anniversary Sale | Online 2-3 April 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Gouache on cardboard

    14.5 x 18 in

    Winning bid
    $49,412
    Rs 42,00,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 79 Details

    25th Anniversary Sale | Online 2-3 April 2025

    Jamini Roy

    a) Untitled
    Signed in Bengali (lower...

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    Winning bid
    $5,365
    Rs 4,56,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 47 Details

    25th Anniversary Sale | Live 2 April 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Tempera on cardboard

    23.25 x 16.5 in

    Winning bid
    $53,647
    Rs 45,60,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 48 Details

    25th Anniversary Sale | Live 2 April 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Tempera on woven paper pasted on cardboard

    22.75 x 15 in

    Winning bid
    $31,059
    Rs 26,40,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


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    PAST StoryLTD AUCTIONS            
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    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 4 February 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen on paper pasted on mount board

    8 x 5.25 in

    Winning bid
    $530
    Rs 45,600
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 31 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 4 February 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen on paper pasted on mount board

    8 x 5.25 in

    Winning bid
    $628
    Rs 54,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 1 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 14 January 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen on paper pasted on mount board

    8 x 5.25 in

    Winning bid
    $706
    Rs 60,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


    Lot 38 Details

    Absolute Tuesdays 14 January 2025

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Pen on paper pasted on mount board

    8 x 5.25 in

    Winning bid
    $706
    Rs 60,000
    (Inclusive of buyer's premium)


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    EXHIBITIONS            
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    Lot 1 Details

    Works on Paper: Apparao Art for Education. 15-28 September 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Tempera on cardboard

    7.5 x 26.5 in





    Lot 2 Details

    Works on Paper: Apparao Art for Education. 15-28 September 2023

    Jamini Roy

    Untitled

    Gouache on board

    21.25 x 11 in





    Lot 1 Details

    Modern Indian Art from the 1930s to the 2000s... 17 October 2020-21 January 2021

    Jamini Roy

    untitled

    Gouache on paper

    13 x 9 in




    Lot 2 Details

    Modern Indian Art from the 1930s to the 2000s... 17 October 2020-21 January 2021

    Jamini Roy

    untitled

    Tempera on cardboard

    27.25 x 15.25 in




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