Jamini Roy

Shri Jamini Roy was an Indian painter. He was honoured with the State award of Padma Bhushan in 1955. He was one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, whose artistic originality and contribution to the emergence of modern art in India remains unquestionable.

Jamini Roy was born onApril 1887 into a moderately prosperous family of landowners in Beliatore village of the Bankura district, West Bengal.

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