Mary Krishna 1909 - 1968
"The Sisters" 1955
Pastel on cream paper
Mounted ...not framed.
19.5 x 14.5cm
Mary and Roop Krishna were part of the vanguard of early 20th century artists in India experimenting with western influences interacting with traditional Indian techniques and construction. They were pupils of the watercolour painter Abanindranath Tagore in the early 1920's. Mary Krishna exhibited at the Lahore School of Fine Arts which was a workshop and studio specialising in a less formal method of art education. Her work shows diverse subject matter and the confluence of Eastern and Western styles. One can see Indian dancing figures, ballet dancers, gods, animals (horses in particular) often depicted in an animated or a spinning vortex of movement. Mary Krishna was an Associate member of the Royal College of Art.
'Mary Krishna
'Female Nude'
Watercolour ...pastel.
15.5 x 15cm
Mounted ...not framed.
'Female Nude'
Watercolour ...pastel.
15.5 x 15cm
Mounted ...not framed.
Seated Female Nude
Red crayon
20 x 24cm
Mounted not framed.
Red crayon
20 x 24cm
Mounted not framed.
