Untitled

Chittaprosad is one of the most important Indian artists of the twentieth century. He is best known for his documentation of the 1943 Bengal famine, which was one of the worst man-made disasters in history that killed millions in India during the Second World War, while India was still under British colonial rule. Though best known for his documentation of the famine, an entire body of Chittaprosad’s work is dedicated to mythological themes and popular folktales, which the artist has explored in both prints and paintings. A first print taken from a freshly engraved lino-plate, this work is of an ashtabhuja or eight-armed Durga. Instead of a warrior goddess, she appears as a mother figure to bless her devotees with extended palms.