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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jaroslav Hněvkovský, Untitled (Indian Scene), circa 1920
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jaroslav Hněvkovský, Untitled (Indian Scene), circa 1920

Jaroslav Hněvkovský

Untitled (Indian Scene), circa 1920
Oil on canvas
58.5 x 48.5 cm
23 x 19 1/8 in
Signed and titled India, bottom left
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Jaroslav Hněvkovský, Untitled (Indian Scene), circa 1920
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Jaroslav Hněvkovský, celebrated as the Slavic Gauguin, travelled to Sri Lanka in 1909 with Otakar Nejedlý. Their stay there was difficult and they found it hard to ingratiate themselves with...
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Jaroslav Hněvkovský, celebrated as the Slavic Gauguin, travelled to Sri Lanka in 1909 with Otakar Nejedlý. Their stay there was difficult and they found it hard to ingratiate themselves with the local patrons. They stayed for a number of months before relocating to Kerala where again they faced financial difficulties and at times lived with tribes in huts in the forests of Kerala. Hněvkovský returned to Europe in 1913 and after the war staged an exhibition in London in 1921 titled ‘Paintings from the Jungle’. During the exhibition he met Rabindranath Tagore and was invited by him to teach at Shantiniketan, a position which he accepted in 1922, spending the summer months there.

For examples of a similar work by this artist, please see Grosvenor Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 2019.

The painting is in its original frame. Oil paintings of India from this early post-impressionist, modern period are rare.
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Private UK collection
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