Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series | October 2004

118 OSIAN ’ s–CONNOISSEURS OF ART 79 Alphonso DOSS [b .1939, Bangalore, Karnataka] Christ S/d in English l.r. & inscribed on verso Oil on canvas, 1963 75.0 x 89.0 cm (29.5 x 35.0 in) Rs. 200,000 – 300,000 $ 4,300 – 6,500 £ 2,375 – 3,550 ‘Born in a Christian family in Bangalore in 1939, Alphonso revealed a strong streak of religion in his early days and was attracted to the paintings of Durer depicting Christian themes… Of all the Indian painters, Alphonso has succeeded in capturing the golden astonishing sunlight so accurately in his paintings that they almost breathe the air of bright sunshine. Ideologically he places himself nearest to the Dutch master Rembrandt who propogated light as the single source that unified all the disparate elements in Nature.’ – Anjali Sircar, rpt. in Alphonso: Beauty of Human Form. 1985.