Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists

Paintings and Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum 17th to the early 20th century

Description

This book was produced on the occasion of an exhibition with the same title hosted by the CSMVS in 2009. It comprises about 125 treasures from both the V&A and the CSMVS. The theme of the exhibition is based primarily on 15 years of dedicated research work by Pauline Rohatgi and her team that included Graham Parlett, Shirley Imray and Pheroza Godrej. To make this occasion more meaningful to art lovers, the V&A and the CSMVS have published the entire research in this richly illustrated volume. The lives of these artists in India are vividly portrayed in eight chapters and often enriched with quotations from their journals. This richly illustrated volume highlights the important yet largely unknown collections from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London of Indian subjects by Western artists. This volume attempts to analyse this subject in relation to the main art historical trends. It also serves as a general reference book on the subject. A guidebook is also available as a smaller version of the catalogue.

Author

Pauline Rohatgi and Graham Parlett

Publication Details

Hard bound with a flap jacket, 372 pages