His early paintings reflected the violence and displacement that accompanied the partitioning of India in 1947 into the countries of India and Pakistan. And, though not formally trained as an architect, he designed notable buildings, most famously the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi. “I was like a child learning the world for the first time,” he told India Abroad in 2004. Later in the 1950s, returning to India, he painted portraits of, among others, Jawaharlal Nehru and other leading political figures. As always with creative work, an artist is himself surprised by what he had produced.”c.2020 The New York Times Company

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2020 21:45 UTC