Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy
Born(1887-04-11)11 April 1887
Died24 April 1972(1972-04-24) (aged 85)
NationalityIndian
Alma materGovernment College of Art, Kolkata
Known forPainting
MovementLalit Kala Akademi
AwardsPadma Bhushan (1954)

Jamini Roy (11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972) was an Indian painter. He was honoured by the Government of India the award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He remains one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, another praised Indian artist and instructor. Roy's highly simplified, flattened-out style, and reminiscent of European modern art was influenced by the “bazaar” paintings sold at Indian temples as talismans.