Oriole
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
This painting of an oriole was inspired by a gouache study titled ‘Black-hooded Oriole and Insect on Jackfruit Stump’ (1778) by Sheikh Zain al-Din (1777 - 1782), seen in the recent Wallace Collection exhibition ‘Forgotten Masters Indian Painting for the East India Company’.
Zain al-Din was an artist of the East India Company period, who moved from Patna to Calcutta and rose to prominence under European patronage in British Raj. His works blending Mughal and Western painting techniques belonged to the Company style of painting. This particular painting was one of the natural history studies which made up the famed ‘Impey Album’, which marked the beginning of a new school in the canon of Indian Painting.
This vibrant but subtle painting would work well hung in a bedroom or as part of a salon-wall hang in any living space.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
This painting of an oriole was inspired by a gouache study titled ‘Black-hooded Oriole and Insect on Jackfruit Stump’ (1778) by Sheikh Zain al-Din (1777 - 1782), seen in the recent Wallace Collection exhibition ‘Forgotten Masters Indian Painting for the East India Company’.
Zain al-Din was an artist of the East India Company period, who moved from Patna to Calcutta and rose to prominence under European patronage in British Raj. His works blending Mughal and Western painting techniques belonged to the Company style of painting. This particular painting was one of the natural history studies which made up the famed ‘Impey Album’, which marked the beginning of a new school in the canon of Indian Painting.
This vibrant but subtle painting would work well hung in a bedroom or as part of a salon-wall hang in any living space.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
This painting of an oriole was inspired by a gouache study titled ‘Black-hooded Oriole and Insect on Jackfruit Stump’ (1778) by Sheikh Zain al-Din (1777 - 1782), seen in the recent Wallace Collection exhibition ‘Forgotten Masters Indian Painting for the East India Company’.
Zain al-Din was an artist of the East India Company period, who moved from Patna to Calcutta and rose to prominence under European patronage in British Raj. His works blending Mughal and Western painting techniques belonged to the Company style of painting. This particular painting was one of the natural history studies which made up the famed ‘Impey Album’, which marked the beginning of a new school in the canon of Indian Painting.
This vibrant but subtle painting would work well hung in a bedroom or as part of a salon-wall hang in any living space.