Marvels of Indian Painting: Rise and Demise of Company School

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Pran Nevile’s book Marvels of Indian Painting is a pioneering effort to explore and study the creative genius of those forgotten Indian artists who produced remarkable paintings for their British patrons. Defined as the ‘Company School’ art, these beautiful pictures reveal a lively fusion of eastern warmth with western objectivity. The author highlights how western ideas and artistic techniques were absorbed in the Indian tradition by these artists without losing the essential Indianness.

Sumptuously illustrated with reproductions of the finest company school paintings assembled for the first time from the collections of museums and libraries all over the world, Marvels of Indian Painting presents a visual treat and also provides rare glimpses of the Indian social and cultural scene of the period . The author has diligently tried to blend the visual images with his vibrant narrative to underline the importance of company school painting in the Indian art scene as the last original contribution by Indian artists.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pran Nevile

Pran Nevile was born in Lahore and took his postgraduate degree from there. After a distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service and the United Nations, he turned a freelance writer and has specialized in the study of social and cultural history of India. Lahore: A Sentimental Journey is his first full-length literary work. He has written extensively on Indian art and culture and also acted as a consultant for two BBC films on the Raj. He is the author of Love Stories from the Raj, Nautch Girls of India, Beyond the Veil, Rare Glimpses of the Raj, Stories from the Raj: Sahibs, Memsahibs and Others, and K.L. Saigal: Immortal Singer.

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Title
Marvels of Indian Painting: Rise and Demise of Company School
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8190116622
Length
176p., Illustrations; Colour Plates; 30cm.
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