Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)

Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)

Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)

M. F. Husain

Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)

year

c. 1960

size

25.7 x 48.0 in. / 65.3 x 121.9 cm.

medium

Oil on paper pasted on board

M. F. Husain was fascinated by the arid landscape of Rajasthan but rarely painted it—he was not a painter of landscapes—but this Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape), made in the 1960s, was part of a suite of works based on his travels to Udaipur and Chittaurgarh: the very symbol of resistance to Mughal might. This painting is a fine example of a muted colour palette in which one can sense the scattered remnants of battlements and fortifications that emanate a visual vocabulary of chivalry and valour.

published references

Tillotson, Giles, Primitivism and Modern Indian Art, Second Edition (New Delhi: DAG, 2021), p. 156

Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)
Untitled (Rajasthan Landscape)
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