Baburao Painter’s painting of the goddess is from his own creative lens, seeing her, quite possibly, as a heroine from his mythological films. Dressed in a sleeveless blouse and a red saree with a gold border, wearing ornaments, including a gold crown, Painter’s Lakshmi sits comfortably on a lotus with a halo adding a glow to her face. The artist, however, succeeds in giving the goddess figure a human touch by showing her stance as one that’s not strictly god-like but more humane, more gentle.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., Manifestations IX | 75 Artists, 20th Century Indian Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2013), p. 101 Singh, Kishore, ed., Indian Divine: Gods and Goddesses in 19th and 20th Century Modern Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2014), p. 290
Baburao Painter
Untitled (Lakshmi)
Oil on canvas
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