GANESH PYNE (1937–2013) UNTITLED INDIAN WATER COLOUR PAINTING | WATER COLOUR ON PAPER | SIZE: 12 × 10 IN

GANESH PYNE (1937–2013) WAS A LEGENDARY INDIAN MODERNIST KNOWN FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE STYLE COMBINING BENGALI FOLK TRADITIONS WITH A DEEPLY PERSONAL SYMBOLISM. OFTEN WORKING IN TEMPERA AND WATERCOLOUR, PYNE CREATED INTROSPECTIVE, POETIC WORLDS FILLED WITH MYSTERY, MYTH, AND MELANCHOLY. INFLUENCED BY KALIGHAT PAT PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, AND WESTERN SURREALISM, HIS WORK OFTEN REFLECTED THEMES OF DEATH, MEMORY, AND THE UNSEEN. HIS MASTERFUL USE OF SUBTLE TONES AND FINE LINES MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST REVERED AND COLLECTED INDIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A “POET OF THE MEDIUM.”

THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE