Government of India
Lakshmi
Keywords: Modern Painting
Artwork
Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Description: This painting is created by Sunayani Devi Wariyar using wash and tempera on paper. It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Type: Painting
Received From: National Gallery Of Modern Art, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Devi, Sunayani (1875 - 1962) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-09T19:11:42Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-09T19:11:42Z |
| dc.description | This painting is created by Sunayani Devi Wariyar using wash and tempera on paper. It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Born into the famous Tagore family with her brothers being Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore, and uncle Rabindranath Tagore, Sunayani Devi took to painting at the age of thirty with the support of her husband, the grandson of Raja Ravi Varma and continued to paint till her husband passed away fifteen years later. She took to painting even as a woman she had to priorities her domestic routines.Sunayani Devi's simple renderings were scenes of domesticity, drawing from her own life and tribulations. These scenes of domesticity are always tinged with a sense of melancholy and loneliness, and reflected a yearning for freedom. Although in line with the intellectual certainties and nationalistic fervour that the male members of her household exhibited, she withdrew within a more personal domain, drawing upon simple scenes of home.She also painted figures from mythological narratives, reminiscent of the Ajanta frescoes, rendering them in more simple hues and outlines. She took up the wash technique as it probably better suited her aesthetical pursuits, working with delicate hues. Sunayani did exhibit in a few exhibitions, including the significant exhibition of the Bauhaus artists in Calcutta in 1922, and earned several critics to champion her art. |
| dc.format.extent | 34.2 x 35 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Artwork |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-00354 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Wash, Tempera, Paper |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Devi, Sunayani (1875 - 1962) |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-09T19:11:42Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-09T19:11:42Z |
| dc.description | This painting is created by Sunayani Devi Wariyar using wash and tempera on paper. It is now exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Born into the famous Tagore family with her brothers being Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore, and uncle Rabindranath Tagore, Sunayani Devi took to painting at the age of thirty with the support of her husband, the grandson of Raja Ravi Varma and continued to paint till her husband passed away fifteen years later. She took to painting even as a woman she had to priorities her domestic routines.Sunayani Devi's simple renderings were scenes of domesticity, drawing from her own life and tribulations. These scenes of domesticity are always tinged with a sense of melancholy and loneliness, and reflected a yearning for freedom. Although in line with the intellectual certainties and nationalistic fervour that the male members of her household exhibited, she withdrew within a more personal domain, drawing upon simple scenes of home.She also painted figures from mythological narratives, reminiscent of the Ajanta frescoes, rendering them in more simple hues and outlines. She took up the wash technique as it probably better suited her aesthetical pursuits, working with delicate hues. Sunayani did exhibit in a few exhibitions, including the significant exhibition of the Bauhaus artists in Calcutta in 1922, and earned several critics to champion her art. |
| dc.format.extent | 34.2 x 35 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Modern Painting Artwork |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-00354 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Wash, Tempera, Paper |
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