Lot 16: Untitled

PARAMJIT SINGH (B. 1935)
Untitled
signed 'Paramjit Singh' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 54 in. (91.4 x 137.2 cm.)
Painted in 2007

New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, Paramjit Singh , 2006
London, Grosvenor Vadehra, Paramjit Singh , 2006

"Rising above the thin dividing line between realism and abstraction, Paramjit transforms his picture-space into an animated painting-space with abundance of brush strokes which had become his signature. On close observation, these brush strokes are unbelievably rugged and broken without giving clue to how they function as suggestion of leaves, grass, the pathway or the water body. Nevertheless they do integrate perfectly at a distance giving clear indication of the artist's mastery over his method of handling the brush and pigments. Even though Paramjit's treatment of pigments is reminiscent of some of the Impressionist masters, he had very well absorbed it into his personal technique."
(A. Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2002.)