PROVENANCE : Acquired From a Delhi Based Collector
SIGNATURE DETAILS : Lower Right Detail - Signature of the Artist M.R. Acharekar

Over the course of more than forty years, Acharekar stayed at the forefront of portraiture, particularly in the commemorative genre. A successful art director who also advocated for education, he brought art directing in the world of cinema to a new level. Here, the presenting portrait of a person, who does not look directly into the eyes of the artist, instead has his focus out of the frame. He wears a Nehru cap and a collared kurta. The facial features are captured very minutely by the artist, he has taken note of every single detail and cutting of the face, which makes the portrait like a natural photograph. The artist uses rough sketchy lines, to give the tonal variations over the face. The depths and the roundness is captured with natural rendering by the artist.The ease and speed with which he renders human figures while maintaining their character and likeness demonstrate his interest in and exceptional skill in live portraiture. These simple renditions were made possible by the excellent scholastic discipline he had developed early in life, which served as the foundation for his artistic ethos. He continued to exist so that he may transform and regenerate, changing gradually rather than by unplanned radical alterations. With no evident and direct inspirations from any "isms," he remained mostly his own master.