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Oh, to be in London...

3/7/2020

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Until April 19, 2020, the Wallace Collection is presenting an Exhibition of works rarely seen in museums.
     From their website: "Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company [is] guest curated by renowned writer and historian William Dalrymple. This is the first UK exhibition of works by Indian master painters commissioned by East India Company officials in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an unprecedented opportunity to see these vivid and highly original paintings together for the first time, recognising them as among the greatest masterpieces of Indian painting."
This is an exhibit I yearn to see, but I do not expect to be in London before the show closes. Above left, English Gig c. 1840, by Sheikh Mohammah Amir, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; right, Indian Roller on Sandalwood Branch, by Shaikh Zain ud-Din, Calcutta, 1780, Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Above, English Child in a Bonnet on Horseback, by Shaikh Muhammed Amir of Karriah, c.1830-1850.
Above left: Manu Lall, Coffee, 1810; right, Brahminy Starling with Two Anterea Moths, Caterpillars and Cocoon in Indian Jujube Tree by Shaikh Zain ud-Din, 1780, Minneapolis Institute of Art; ​Below, Family of Ghulam Ali Khan, Six Recruits, Freer Gallery
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The Wallace exhibition website states: "The exhibition honours historically overlooked artists including Shaikh Zain ud-Din, Bhawani Das, Shaikh Mohammad Amir of Karriah, Sita Ram and Ghulam Ali Khan and sheds light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history. Reflecting both the beauty of the natural world and the social reality of the time, these dazzling and often surprising artworks offer a rare glimpse of the cultural fusion between British and Indian artistic styles during this period."
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 A little exploration on Google will bring you several previews of the exhibition. Try 
https://www.wallacecollection.org/forgotten-masters-indian-painting-east-india-company/
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