S. H. Raza was born at Barbaria village in Madhya Pradesh in 1922. As a child he showed deep interest in painting and poetry. His early art education took place in Nagpur, Maharashtra between 1939-43.

He joined Sir J. J. School of Art as a student and went to Paris on a French Government scholarship for further education.

This work is representative of his abstraction style of graphic Print (Serigraph) drawn on a paper. Raza's style evolved over the years - he began with expressionist landscapes, which became rigid, geometric representations of French towns and villages in the early 1950s, following his move to Paris.

Later, the lines blurred and colour began to dominate; his theme was still landscape but it was now non-representational, speaking to the sentiment evoked by a place rather than its tangible aspects.

This work is representative of his abstraction style of graphic Print (Serigraph) drawn on a paper. Raza's style evolved over the years - he began with expressionist landscapes, which became rigid, geometric representations of French towns and villages in the early 1950s, following his move to Paris.

Later, the lines blurred and colour began to dominate; his theme was still landscape but it was now non-representational, speaking to the sentiment evoked by a place rather than its tangible aspects.