Untitled

Teacher, painter, sculptor, D. P. Roy Chowdhury was among the most influential art administrators of twentieth century India and founding chairman of the national Lalit Kala Akademi. This Untitled painting depicts possibly a refugee camp, centred around a woman holding her child. Multiple figures are seen crowding a tent in the background propped up with poles. The work is distinct for its use of monochrome grey, relieved in places by a dull shade of yellow ochre, lending the painting a tone of melancholy and pathos.