Rama, Lakshmana and Tarani Sen
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Rama, Lakshmana and Tarani Sen is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two men with blue-green skin aiming bows at a small horse-drawn carriage. One man stands outside, holding his bow high, while the other leans from the carriage window, also shooting. The carriage is bright yellow with red domes and flags, and the men wear colorful, patterned clothes. The horse is tiny, almost like a toy. The blue-green skin of the men is unusual—it’s not realistic. The artist used bold colors and simple shapes to tell a story, not to show details. This style is called *Impressionism* or *Realism*, but it’s not exact. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more paintings like this.
A watercolour and tin-alloy painting on paper depicts the Ramayana scene in which Rama and Lakshmana kill Tarani Sen. Produced around 1890, the work belongs to the Kalighat tradition that emerged in Calcutta during the 19th century, noted for its bold colours, simplified forms and rapid brushwork.
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