Lalu Prasad Shaw Indian, b. 1937
Babu, 2014
Tempera on Board
20.5" x 15"
Influenced by the pre-independence Company School of art, the traditional Kalighat Pat and the Ajanta cave paintings, Shaw's works - mainly executed in gouache or tempera, like his own person,...
Influenced by the pre-independence Company School of art, the traditional Kalighat Pat and the Ajanta cave paintings, Shaw's works - mainly executed in gouache or tempera, like his own person, are simple and graceful, having a very still, well-composed and smooth exterior. Shaw used the medium to deftly capture the Bengali ‘Bhodrolok’, a term that defines a gentleman, who is being depicted in all his highly stylized forms of daily idiosyncrasies.