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| Shyamal Dutta Ray |
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The General
20.5 x 24 in.
Mixed media on paper
2002
Estimates: $10,000-15,000 |
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| Artist Bio |
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Born 1934, in Bihar.
Diploma in Painting,CGAC (1950-55)
Shyamal Dutta Ray's body of work constitutes a major turning point in the history of the Bengal School of Art. Ray is credited with adding depth and intensity to the medium of watercolors, at a time when the Bengal school of Art traditionally used light and watery colors. His melancholic and pensive works reflect the contradictions of life around him.
Regarded as a master watercolorist, Ray is also a founding member of the Society of Contemporary Artists, an artists' collective, which sought to introduce innovativeness into the art world of the 1960s. Most of Ray's work reflects the city life of Calcutta, with its happiness and sorrow, struggle and strife, poverty and hope. The works also exhibit a sense of irony, surrealism and awareness of a disintegrating society.
The Artist passed away on 19th May 2005.
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