SAWLARAM LAKSHMAN HALDANKAR (INDIA, 1882–1968) WATERCOLOUR ON CARDBOARD / PAPER

THIS LIVELY WATERCOLOR COMPOSITION DEPICTS A STREET LABOURER STRAINING FORWARD AS HE PULLS A HEAVILY LOADED HANDCART THROUGH AN URBAN STREET. HALDANKAR CAPTURES THE DYNAMISM OF EVERYDAY CITY LIFE WITH FLUID LINE WORK AND EXPRESSIVE COLOUR WASHES. THE CENTRAL FIGURE, RENDERED WITH EMPATHY AND MOVEMENT, EMBODIES THE DIGNITY AND TOIL OF THE WORKING CLASS. BACKGROUND ELEMENTS SUCH AS A BUS, CYCLIST, AND ARCHITECTURAL FORMS PROVIDE CONTEXT AND RHYTHM, ENHANCING THE SENSE OF MOTION AND ENVIRONMENT. THE COMPOSITION EXEMPLIFIES HALDANKAR’S MASTERFUL DRAFTSMANSHIP AND HIS ABILITY TO BLEND SOCIAL REALISM WITH A SPONTANEOUS, IMPRESSIONISTIC APPROACH, RESULTING IN A VIVID AND HUMANISTIC PORTRAYAL OF URBAN INDIA.

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

THIS EXCLUSIVE FINE ART COLLECTIBLE REPRESENTS A CURATED SELECTION SPANNING 18TH CENTURY ART, 19TH CENTURY ART, 20TH CENTURY ART, AND CONTEMPORARY 21ST CENTURY ART. EACH PIECE REFLECTS HERITAGE AND MODERN INFLUENCES, FROM WATERCOLOR PAINTING, OIL ON CANVAS, ACRYLIC, AND MIXED MEDIA TO INDIAN PAINTING, ASIAN ART, AND CULTURAL ART COLLECTABLES. PERFECT FOR LUXURY HOME INTERIORS, GALLERIES, AND AUCTION HOUSES, THESE ORIGINAL WORKS STAND AS RARE, INVESTMENT-QUALITY ART FOR COLLECTORS AND DESIGN ENTHUSIASTS.