Krishna

ca. 1930

Painting, gouache on canvas, set within a rectangular frame, depicts Krishna as a young blue-skinned infant sitting on his foster-mother's lap. Yashoda is draped in a sari and is surrounded on either side by a devotee. On the left is a woman offering a bowl and the right there is man blowing a trumpet. The composition is reminiscent of western religious tryptics depicting the Madonna and Child with saints. All the figures, have very large eyes but have no pupils, a characteristic feature of Jamini Roy's work. The artist developed his own personal style which was characterised by bold lines and flat use of colour.