Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured by the Government of India the award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He remains one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, another praised Indian artist and instructor. Roy's highly simplified, flattened-out style, and reminiscent of European modern art was influenced by the “bazaar” paintings sold at Indian temples as talismans.

11 April 1887

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Aleksandr Averin (cyclist) • Alex Burrows • Arved Viirlaid • Bob Harris (radio presenter) • James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton • John Levy (musician) • Kelvim Escobar • Kotomitsuki Keiji • Lena Schöneborn • Luis Flores (basketball) • Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours • Michael T. Wright (university administrator) • Norman McLaren • Pierre Lacroix (ice hockey, born 1959) • Raymond Carr • Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March • Sebastien Grainger • Stuart Adamson • Tom Thacker (musician) • Tommy Tycho • Waldemar Fornalik • William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg

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