Jamini Roy
Horse, c.1940
Tempera on card
Signed lower right, the backboard inscribed by Maurice Draper 'Jamini Roy/ Calcutta/ 1940'
Signed lower right, the backboard inscribed by Maurice Draper 'Jamini Roy/ Calcutta/ 1940'
39.4 x 29.6 cm
15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in
15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in
927707
Provenance
Given by the artist to Maurice Draper, Calcutta, 1940 (by repute in exchange for one of his paintings);
Thence by descent;
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Maurice Draper (1907-2002) lived and worked in India from 1930-1945. Employed as an art teacher at La Martiniere school in Calcutta he travelled widely, making sketches and watercolours of the country. A contemporary review of an exhibition of Draper's work mentions the influence of Jamini Roy, and it seems the two artists met and exchanged works in 1940. Following spells in Lucknow and Darjeeling, Draper and his family returned to the UK in 1945.
