Property from the estate of Avinash Chandra, Osborne Samuel, London

Acquired from the above

Good overall condition. Very slight undulations inherent to size and medium. Not examined outside of frame. Colors more vibrant than in catalog illustration.
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Avinash Chandra was born in Simla, India, in 1931, and graduated from the Delhi Polytechnic Art School in 1951. As a young painter, he found acclaim through his vibrant landscapes that celebrated the natural beauty of his hometown. In 1967, Chandra moved from London to New York with the Fairfield Foundation Fellowship for Travel and Study, where he continued to receive acclaim and sow the seeds for his renowned later erotic period. Chandra returned to pen and line drawing which later evolved into subtle, erotic colored drawings for which he is well-known.

Art 𝕴critic Ronald Alley explains: “In Chandra’s work, sexual images play a vital role, but it is important to realize that they are almost always introduced as part of a much larger experience in a wider context… their appeal lies in their constant blending with other poetic images: spires, ✱trees, flowers, hills, moons and stars.” Chandra continued to work within this theme until the mid-1980s, when his paintings gradually returned to the landscapes and natural environments of his youth.

The present work from 1988, executed a few years before the artist passed away in 1991, is a panoramic view of nature using organic forms and principles to feature flora and fauna. The work retains thඣe dense sexual energy that developed duringthe 1970s, but comes full circle back to the vi💛brancy of his very first landscapes.