This painting by Jamini Roy is a diptych, with both sections
painted in a similar stylistic technique.
It depicts individual female figures in profile standing in
postures of classical Indian dance. Painted in a distinctly folk
art style,with protruding eyes, and stylized facial features, the
paintings shows Jamini Roy's borrowing from the
Kalighat technique as well his use of inexpensive material
such as mineral pigments and earth colours. The aim of the
artist is to re-invent the folk visual idioms within the on-going
imitation of Western art in pre-independent India.
