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New Mexico QuarterlyVolume 24 | Issue 4 Article 61954Art FeatureJamini RoyFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmqThis Contents is brought to you for free and open access by the University of New Mexico Press at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted forinclusion in New Mexico Quarterly by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact disc@unm.edu.Recommended CitationRoy, Jamini. "Art Feature." New Mexico Quarterly 24, 4 (1954). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmq/vol24/iss4/6"',/A 'ART FEATUREJamini RoyB 0 R N in a West Bengal village, his father a smalllandowner, jamini Roy found inspiration in thework of native artisans. He attended the Govern·Iment School of Art in Calcutta. Later, Mr.'Roy be·came a member of. the short~'yed Bengal School,following its orthodoxy of a return to the methodsof old Indian painting and a consequent denial ofWestern influences.! In 192 I, at the age of 34, he re-nounced sophisticatlion and prosperity and returnedto his nati\~e village,\living in obscurity for ten years,again studying nati~e crafts. After the gradual recog-nition of his work throughout India, Mr. R~y,re­turned to Calcutta, Iwhere he now lives and works.His' painting has b~een received with enthusiasm atimportant galleries and exhibitions in Europe. Mr.Roy's first American presentation was held in 1953at the ACA Gallery, N.V.C.1Roy: Art FeaturePublished by UNM Digital Repository, 1954IJlR~~ (,rRI ( 01/('( /1011 /lntold I "7'1'1I11t,,1.2New Mexico Quarterly, Vol. 24 [1954], Iss. 4, Art. 6https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmq/vol24/iss4/6( ..\ ~ , II ,\ \ I (o/lt'( 'IfHI F"'rf 1/,./1", "If/IIB I (. \ I. I (, I R I . ( (/ /I ("( 1/fIII /I II /() IrI I "1"'/111/(/ I-3Roy: Art FeaturePublished by UNM Digital Repository, 19544New Mexico Quarterly, Vol. 24 [1954], Iss. 4, Art. 6https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmq/vol24/iss4/6(; () ~ r () (011,,( fum P"f" A:tlm",,,,,_d5Roy: Art FeaturePublished by UNM Digital Repository, 1954

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