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A A RAIBA
B
orn in Bombay in 1922, A A Raiba displayed an instinct for art and poetry from a young age. He enrolled at the
Sir J J School of Arts in 1942, where he studied miniature painting techniques. Raiba subsequently joined the
Progressive Artists’ Group in Bombay. Between 1957 and 1959, he went to Kashmir, and the valley “informed a
substantial part of Raiba’s art practice. He drew frequent allusions to humans, animals and folk motifs that he witnessed
in the temples of Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. This was the period when he shifted his focus on the imagery of
landscapes, nudes and still‒life.” (
Critical Collective
, 9 May 2016, online). A versatile artist, Raiba worked in a range of
media that included paper, glass, canvas and jute. Lots 82 to 85 depict the rustic simplicity that was the focus of Raiba’s
work, and convey different moods through texture and palette.
82
A A RAIBA
(1922 ‒ 2016)
Untitled
Signed 'Raiba' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
34.25 x 18.25 in (87 x 46.4 cm)
$ 7,815 ‒ 10,940
Rs 5,00,000 ‒ 7,00,000
EXHIBITED:
A. A. Raiba: The Indian Master
Painter,
Mumbai: Nehru Centre
Art Gallery, 15 December 2016 ‒ 1
January 2017
PUBLISHED:
A. A. Raiba: The Indian Master
Painter,
Mumbai: Nehru Centre,
2016 (illustrated, unpaginated)
A A Raiba
© A A Raiba and Clark House Initiative