Two Cats Holding A Prawn – Jamini Roy

Description

Jamini Roy walked away from European academic painting at the height of his career and never looked back. He turned instead to the folk traditions of Bengal — the flat lines, the bold outlines, the colours that don’t apologise — and built a visual language so original it became iconic. But Roy also had a sly sense of humour that art historians tend to underplay. These two cats aren’t a symbol or an allegory. They’re just cats, intensely focused on the most important thing in the room. Every cat owner knows that look. On large-format museum-grade canvas, Roy’s graphic power goes full volume — bold, joyful, and completely alive.