Lot 34: Hemendranath Mazumdar , 1894-1948 Untitled Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

76 by 45 cm. (29 7/8 by 17¾ in.)

PROPERTY FROM A UK COLLECTION
Mazumdar resisted the 'Indianizing' trends of the Bengal school to become a successful academic painter. The style of his paintings followed in the tradition of Ravi Varma and covered a similar range of religious and mythological themes focusing primarily on sensual studies of Indian women.