Paintings by Sri Nirmal Dutta

Nirmal Dutta was obsessed by the beauties of nature from his early childhood. Later, this passion for nature has found expression through his line and colour. It would be perceived if we look back to his earlier paintings on Rajgir (1965), Gwalior (1970) and Benaras (1993) etc.

The essential frameworks of the paintings are developed by the balanced synthesis of oriental and occidental art, capturing relevant details with little distortion. These are not the true copy of the reality but the creative interpretation of reality. The paintings are in combination of light green, yellow, black and white with mild effect of emotion and redolence of the soil of Bengal. Inspite of his serious ailing health Nirmal Dutta continues to journey on his aesthetic voyage rather than bother about the destination.

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     Paintings by Smt Nilima Dutta

In the first phase of her creative adventure she has executed many excellent spot drawings in pen n ink as well as monochrome water colour on paper. Few of them are on view in the exhibitions. Landscapes of those categories are more or less the synthesis of Indian and Western art. In the next stage, simple hearted human figures are emphasized, the foundation of which are based on the tradition of Bengal School. In the successive development, unions of many human figures are composed on the background of beautiful nature of strong built architectures. Figures are bounded by lively moving rhythmic lines and illustrating many small details of the episodes from the Indian mythology. The use of soft, vibrant, rich tempera colours created graceful atmosphere and romantic emotional feelings. These linear delightful expressions are essentially Indian and show the distinctive style of the artist.

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