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A JAMINI ROY TEMPERA ON BOARD PAINTING - Jamini Roy (Bengali: ?????? ????) (11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972) Tempera on canvas backed on board, signed lower right. Born in 1887 in a small village in Beliatore, Bankura district, West Bengal, Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. 12 x 16 in., (30.5 x 40.7 cm.)