A newly open picture that just rewritten the history of Indian art

The forgotten masterpiece of oil on escuys, which has been opened for decades, rewrote record books for Indian art.

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Husain, who died in 2011, at the age of 95, was a pioneer of Indian modernism and remains a strong inspiration for Indian artists. In 2006, he left India after the threat of death from Hindu rigid groups over his images.

For almost five decades, the record picture adorned the walls of the Norwegian hospital, unpredictable and undervalued. He now acts as a defining work of contemporary South Asian art.

Husain drew a gram of yatra – or the village – in 1954, long before it became an icon.

Its 13 Vigret – Bright Shoots of the Life of the Indian Village – reflect its distinctive mix of Indian folk traditions and modernist influences. Vignettes resemble narrative paintings in the miniature tradition of India, where small pictures are interwoven.

In the gram yatra Husain used bright, earthly tones to revive 13 frames, and women in everyday scenes such as cooking, care for children and riding a basket.

In one of the frames, the farmer extended his hand as if he was holding the ground in a related frame – nodded on the agricultural roots of Indian society.

“If you are looking for a single artistic work that defines contemporary South Asian art, it is all,” said Nichad Avar, the head of the South Asian contemporary and contemporary art.

In the picture, he added, he also showed how Hussein influenced his foreign journeys, in particular his trip to China in 1952, which introduced him to calligraphic works of artists, such as the Beihun, the traces of which can be seen in expressive strokes of the picture.

In the years after India’s independence, he sought inspiration not in Paris or New York, but in the villages of India, reflecting Mahatma Gandhi’s faith that the heart of the nation lies in its rural roots.

According to Biographer Husain Achilles (who uses only one name), the deep interaction of painting with the cultural cloth of India helped to form how the country saw themselves – “how people live, what they like and think.”

The picture also shows the early signs of the modified cubist style of Husain – where geometric shapes and bold lines stood out in his works.

The traveling picture from Delhi in Oslo adds her mysticism.

It was purchased in 1954 for just $ 295 by Ukrainian Doctor Leon Elias Valadarski, who was in India in the World Health Organization mission (WHO).

After he drove him to Norway, the work decorated the walls of Oslo University Hospital for almost half a century, to a great extent unnoticed the world of art.

It remained in this way for several decades until Christie’s auction house was warned in 2013 – two years after the death of Husain, which led to her global exhibitions to this sale.

Ashish Ananda from Delhi Art Gallery believes that this will increase the value of the whole work of Husain and “lead to Indian art is considered beyond the aesthetic value to the material and serious financial asset.”

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