Osian's Auction Catalogue Creative India Series 1 Bengal | December 2011

J.p. g anguly 3 November 1876 – 8 March 1953 Sun rise on the rocky Mountain Oil on canvas, c. 1928 Signed in English l.r. 72.5 x 105.5 in (184.2 x 268 cm) Condition This work has been previously restored. Provenance** Acquired by Delhi-based gallery from an old Private Collection. Thereafter sold to Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art. ` 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 US$ 80,000 – 120,000 Full image for Lot 54 on pp.132-133. 54 Illustrative reference Mitter, Partha [1994]. Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850 - 1922. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; p.113, Fig.69 [Lake & Mountain Scenery, 1928] 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 “The aristocratic Jamini Prokash Ganguly was a landscapist of distinction (1876-1953). Closely related to the Tagores, his artistic inspiration came from his uncle Abanindranath, though later their paths were to diverge… Gangooly won fame for his atmospheric paintings of natural scenery, the spectacular Himalayan mountain ranges (Fig. IX) and the series on the river Ganges in different moods. The works show a sensitive grasp of the landscape (Fig. 68, 69). Above all, they reveal the dedicated craftsman that he was.” [Mitter, Partha [1994]. Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850 - 1922. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; p.112 & Fig. 69 for illustration from the same series as Lot 54] Creative India BENGaL | Hemendranath Mazumdar & the Western Academic Style in Bengal 131 130