It’s easy to meditate on this painting, which Radha Charan Bagchi creates in incredible depth and detail. The chief focus is the Palash tree with its flaming orange blooms, which we see in abundance in various regions of India during spring, lighting up forests with their brightness, and hence the title of the painting. Against a clear blue sky, the flowers and leaves, mixed with shades of browns and greens, stand out for their beauty and grace. Bagchi captures other details with his trained eye, rendering also in the painting some human figures in the distance.
Radha Charan Bagchi
Flames of the Forest
1952
Watercolour on paper
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Radha Charan Bagchi
Flames of the Forest
1952
Watercolour on paper
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