Born into a family of classical musicians, Gopal Sanyal focused on drawing and painting common people, bird sellers and Baul musicians, thus, revealing his empathy for hardworking, poor folk outside the pale of regular society. The Blind Musician is a strong painting, full of pathos revealing a poor, naked human figure, holding ektara in his hands, lost in his music, sitting atop a donkey while a few birds lean in to listen to him. It’s easy to see the vulnerability and the hardships endured by this figure.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., The Art of Bengal (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 309
Gopal Sanyal
The Blind Musician
1974
Oil on canvas
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The Blind Musician
1974
Oil on canvas
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