Important Notice

Indian modernist N S Bendre was equally adept at portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes. He experimented with Cubism, Expressionism and Pointillism over the course of his six-decades-long artistic career in order to best express classically Indian themes such as birds and animals, figures in village settings, and rural landscapes. Known for his mastery of painting en plein air, Bendre was drawn toward idyllic, pastoral scenes and many of... Indian modernist N S Bendre was equally adept at portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes. He experimented with Cubism, Expressionism and Pointillism over the course of his six-decades-long artistic career in order to best express classically Indian themes such as birds and animals, figures in village settings, and rural landscapes. Known for his mastery of painting en plein air, Bendre was drawn toward idyllic, pastoral scenes and many of his works are set in nature.

The muted colour palette and lyrical style of the present lot evoke a sense of tranquillity often seen in Bendre’s works. “For well over half a century, Bendre has time and again startled artists and art lovers with his innovative use of colour, his sensitivity to the play of subtle hues in nature, and his ability to transfer them to canvas with unmatched dexterity, whatever the medium.” (Ram Chatterji, Bendre: The Painter and the Person, Mumbai: The Bendre Foundation for Art and Culture & Indus Corporation, 1990, p. 1)

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