Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

95 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III “ My intrinsic lyrical mood is reflected through the haunting memories of my past. I am passionate but it is such a passion which is mellowed by a tinge of sadness. My frequent use of dark shades, in almost all of my paintings is an illusion from the misery of the human spirit that hangs over all the joy and woe of OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS Present Estimate 75.61 Last Sale 58.74 [Os.Mum/27.11.03, work on paper] Auction Average 289.84 Opinion From the younger emerging generation, the watercolour on paper works of Maitra, especially his Locomotive Series, have found much appreciation. His earlier oil on canvas works have still not received much exposure or recognition. life like a curtain. Someone may call it impressionistic, but very often they bear an expressionistic air too… In most of my paintings my addition is a soft glow of morbidity which spreads like an inevitable wash.” (Pradip Maitra, in ‘My Feeling with Reality’, rpt. in Pradip Maitra – Recent Works EXC. Jehangir Art Gallery 2001.)