PROVENANCE : Acquired from a Kolkata Based Art collector
SIGNATURE DETAILS : Name and Sign - Top Right - Paritosh Sen 07

In the rare quality of his creative personality—unwrinkled by age and exuding an aura and charisma that are the sterling gifts of his experience—Paritosh Sen towered above many of his contemporaries. This quality grew most naturally in him as a result of his decades of experience as a painter, writer, and perceptive and sensitive participant in his time's social and cultural milieu. These facets of his personality can be seen in the assemblage of Sen's oeuvre—his first retrospective—which includes a selection of works spanning more than 60 years of his creative life, beginning at the end of the 1930s, when the Bengal School movement still held sway over the Indian art scene.

Paritosh Sen knew the east as intimately as the west. His artwork very well reflects his controlled emotion, the crisp sensitive lines, and his color, which has the warmth of flesh. His art embodies the socially responsive spirit of Gaganendranath Tagore and Daumier. Unlike many other artists, he maintained a balance between socially incisive fine art and abstract expressionism. The essence of his locale is mirrored in his artwork through his own distinctive style that he imagined, in its content and structure.

His art carries a sense of humor wrapped around deep-seated compassion, tinged with sadness, but disciplined by reason and talent. The acute observation of minute details results in a work of art that is free of malice. It reflects the monotony of ordinary people's daily lives. People who would meet on Calcutta's streets.