Indian Paintings and Drawings

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This catalogue contains paintings and drawings in the collection of Rasaja Foundation, New Delhi which was established in 1984 by the late Jaya Appasamy a noted artist and art critic. The Foundation is a cultural charitable society devoted to the promotion of Indian art and culture. The works of art acquired by Jaya who was very fond of collecting artifacts especially of the company period, grew into a sizeable number. This collection was subsequently bequeathed by her to the Rasaja Foundation together with the her house in New Delhi. Paintings and drawings illustrated here are executed on paper, in traditional Indian styles. However some works are executed in the western water colour technique, popularly known as company style.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR O P Sharma

Dr. Omprakash Sharma, Associate Professor in the Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur has an undergraduate teaching experience of more than twenty six years in the field of Limnology, Fisheries and Aquaculture. He has guided four Ph.D. and 16 M. Sc. (Ag.) in Limnology and Fisheries M.F.Sc. (aquaculture) students.Dr. Sharma has to his credit more than 40 research publications published in reputed national and international journals and proceedings as well as several articles on fishreises and aquaculture. He has been awarded Dr. Gopalju Srivastava merit certificate for best note in “Matsya”, a journal of Indian Society of Ichthyology, Madras.