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DEVAKI NANDAN SHARMA (1919 - 2005)

ASN0044 Auction Type: Online

Untitled (Peacocks)
Watercolour on Cloth
Signed & dated 1965 in Devanagari lower left
Dimension: 9.9 x 7.2 in

$476 - $833

Winning Bid: ₹ 60,000 + Premium/Taxes

Provenance Provenance

Private Collection, Bengaluru

Literature Literature

An artist and professor of fresco painting at Banasthali Vidyapith (Jaipur), Devaki Nandan Sharma was born in Alwar and went on to become one of Rajasthan's globally known bird artists.
He attended the Maharaja School of Art before proceeding to study at Shantiniketan under the tutelage of Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee who he went on to assist as well.