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Lot 66

Narayan Shridhar Bendre`s interest in the depiction of his natural surroundings was encouraged during his initial training in fine art in Indore and further nurtured by the sights he encountered on his travels around India. This pointillist canvas from 1970 marks one of the most important phases in Bendre`s oeuvre, and illustrates his unique response to European Modernism. Here, the artist combines the scientific style of pointillism, piloted by... Narayan Shridhar Bendre`s interest in the depiction of his natural surroundings was encouraged during his initial training in fine art in Indore and further nurtured by the sights he encountered on his travels around India. This pointillist canvas from 1970 marks one of the most important phases in Bendre`s oeuvre, and illustrates his unique response to European Modernism. Here, the artist combines the scientific style of pointillism, piloted by Georges Seurat in the late nineteenth century, with his subjective, expressive vision of nature to create a landscape that reflects his unique artistic sensibility.

Building up this forest scene through a meticulous application of small dots of pigment, Bendre conveys the mood of the place rather than its objective appearance and involves the viewer in contextualizing the landscape. His muted palette dominated by greens, yellows, and browns conveys the quiet comfort of the scene, spiriting his viewers away from their everyday lives. The thick forest cover not only filters the light that reaches this place, but also the bustle of the world beyond its margins, offering a `safe space` in which the joys of nature may be appreciated.

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