Ganesh Pyne (1937-
"My
childhood memories revolve around Kolkata. The sounds and smells of this city fill my being. I love Kolkata."
Studied in Govt College of Arts & Crafts Influenced by A.Tagore ± translucent water colours - career as an by 70¶s he evolved a language ± based on myth and symbolism - then worked in tempera ± Works have detailing, innate lyricism, a romantic feeling, fine handling of forms & a subtle sombre palette Fascination with the macabre and death like ± through his symbolic language he expressed existential angst
In 1963, he joined the Society for Contemporary Artists.
During this period he made small drawings in pen and ink."I did not have enough money then to buy color," Pyne says. This was also the period of experimentation. Initially, he painted watercolors and sketches of misty mornings and wayside temples, variously influenced as he was by Walt Disney and he art of Abanindranath Tagore.
His
signature style shaped from his own experiences of solitude, alienation, pain, horror and moods of tenderness and serenity comes to surface in each of his works. Some of his works resonate lines from poems that may have made an impression on his mind. lines are bold, precise, controlled and the drawings that emerge are potent both in form and content. Equally devoted to cinema as he is to painting, Pyne has also drawn inspirations from movies Today, he is known as the foremost exponents of the Bengal School of art.
Black Moon, Tempera on Canvas, 1990 Black Moon (1990) ± between life & death ± enigmatic eerie quality ± line between the real and fantastical very thin Engagement with death fear and violence
Seated Man, Mixed Media on Paper
Composition, Tempera, 1962
Musician, Mixed Media
Musician,
Crayon on Paper
The Teeth, Tempera on Canvas, 2000
Night
of the Rider, Tempera on Canvas, 1995
Flame
and the Bird, Tempera on Canvas
The Nest, Tempera on Canvas, 1995
