The painting depicted is “Two Vaishnavas” by Jamini Roy (25p). The design of the First Day Cover depicts the painting titled ?Words and Symbols? by K.C.S. Panicker. (Courtesy: National Gallery of Modern Art.). JAMINI ROY (1887-1972) He was born in 1887 in Bankura district, West Bengal. He joined the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta in 1903. Jamini Raoy was awarded padma Bhushan in 1955 and became Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1956. He received Hon. D. Litt. in 1967. Jamini Roy is quite a phenomenon in contemporary Indian art. He will always be remembered not only for his outstanding contribution as an artist but he also inspired several artists to take a deeper interest in the unsophisticated people and their art.
The next painting depicted is “The Mosque” by Sailoz Mookherjea (50p). SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA (1907-1960) studied art in Calcutta and had his first One-Man show in 1937. Sailoz Mookherjea traveled to Europe in 1937-38, later on, in Sikkim and Tibet. He came to Delhi in 1945. Sailoz exhibited extensively winning several awards and prizes. Both as a painter and as a man he won the hearts of many an artist and became a father figure. His work was deeply inspired by people and the environment. Despite his eclectism, he always remained at once both personal and universal.
The Re 1.00 stamp shows the painting “Head” by Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was sixty-seven years of age when he started painting in 1928. between then and 1941 he produced some 2000 paintings. The National Gallery of Modern Art has devoted a special section to his work. Most of his paintings are done with inks, crayons and gouache colours on paper. His unorthodox ways as an artists opened new vistas to younger artists. His disregard for literary content and his reliance on the unconscious contributed likewise to a radical change in the general outlook of art.
The painting depicted on the Rs.2.00 stamp is “Hill Women” by Amrita Sher Gil. AMRITA SHER GIL (1913-1941) Amrita Sher Gil was born of a Hungarian mother and Indian father. She was educated in India till she left for Paris in 1929 and joined the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts. She was deeply stirred by the Post Impressionist Cezanna and Gauguin in particular. Irrespective of the excellence of some of her earlier works, Sher Gil will be principally remembered for her later work which is deeply inspired by Indian people and landscape. The major portion of her work is now permanently housed in the national Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
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