B. Prabha (India 1933-2001) "Fisher Lade with Friend", oil on canvas, ca 1987. Measures 24 inches x 36 inches. Signed upper left. B. Prabha was one of the most important woman artist fromModern India,her work found perennial theme in the lives of rural women. It is interesting to note that B. Prabha was a practicing female artist in an age where women were un-apologetically oppressed, and it is no surprise therefore thatPrabha used her own position as an artist to make strong comments on the same. She studied at the Nagpur School of Arts and went on to study painting and mural paintings at the famous J.J. Schol of Arts in Mumbai. Prabha developed hertradmark style and her painting s cover a wide range of subjects. One of here famous series of paintings is the Fisher woman series. Her paintings have been sold by prominent auction houses around the world and from parts of