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): Adélaïde Labille-Guiard • Dele Alli • Doug Hopkins • Hugh Massie • Mark Strand • Torrin Lawrence

Born in the same month (April 1887): Bernardo Houssay • Denys Finch Hatton • Felix Pipes • Harald Bohr • Joe McCarthy (baseball manager) • Kojo Tovalou Houénou • Konrad Tom • Nishizō Tsukahara • Robert Cushman Murphy • Warren Wood • William Cowhig • William Forgan Smith • Ōtori Tanigorō