Lot 5: Chintamoni Kar (1915-2005)

Chintamoni Kar (1915-2005)
Sakuntala
signed in Bengali and dated '20 2 36' (lower right); further inscribed 'Chintamoni Kar - Sakuntala Kalkuta' (lower centre)
gouache and ink on paper
12¾ x 6 1/8 in. (32.4 x 15.6 cm.)
Painted in 1936

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Primarily a sculptor, the young Chintamoni Kar studied painting at the Indian Society of Oriental Art from 1930-31 under Kshitindra Majumdar, the noted Bengal School painter who was himself a student of Abanindranath Tagore. Sakuntala reflects the elegant style of the Bengal School and Kar's Bengali signature in vertical format references Rabindranath Tagore's statement that:
"[...] the modern art movement, following the line of the oriental tradition, was started by my nephew Abanindranath [...]."
(R. Tagore, quoted in Rome-New York Art Foundation Inc. Souvenir Catalogue Omaggio a Rabindranath Tagore, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1959, p. 9)