Pother Shesh, D. P. Roy Chowdhury’s Dark Shadow, evokes an animal stalking its prey from a tree-top. Painted in black, the beast’s posture and appearance resemble that of a jaguar or panther. Peering out from a branch, this otherworldly creature evokes a sense of uneasiness in the viewer transfixed by its eyes. Roy Chowdhury, a proponent of the Bengal School wash style of painting that he combined with academic realism, uses white highlights to define the world surrounding the animal.
D. P. Roy Chowdhury
Dark Shadow
Gouache on paper
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