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SHYAMAL DUTTA RAY (INDIA 1934-2005) Untitled oil on canvas signed and dated in Bengali lower right approx. 75 x 74.5cm. Executed in 1995 Provenance: Private UK Collection. Acquired directly from the artist Born in 1934 in Ranchi, educated at the Government College of Art Calcutta, Ray was a founding member of the Society of Contemporary Artists. As a child Ray witnessed the horrors of the 1943 Bengal famine that was to have a profound effect on his work. Ray’s paintings possess a sense of melancholy, depicting the plight of the everyday man and addressing the urban decay and stark poverty of Calcutta during the 1970s. His figures are often placed within empty buildings, surrounded by crumbling walls and peeling plaster that can be said to be a commentary on the transient nature of existence. His works represented a turning point in the history of Bengal art, he was a master watercolourist, devising innovative ways of layering the medium to add greater depth and intensity. Throughout his career he received many honours including awards from the Lalit Kala Academy, the Shiromani Kala Puraskar and the Special Commendation of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad. His works are in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan.