Art Exposure is proud to present the first ever landmark exhibition of 10 portraits by Bengal’s most accomplished yet understated modernist painter Bhunath Mukherjee, The exhibition is titled as A Modernist Lineage of Bengali Portraiture, celebrating the practice of Bhunath Mukherjee.
This exhibition brings together a rare body of works spanning the 1940s to the 1950s, showcasing Mukherjee’s mastery of oil portraiture and his ability to balance academic realism with a modernist sensibility. Eight portraits painted between 1944 and 1952, before his formative years at the Royal Academy in London, are displayed alongside two works from 1956, tracing the subtle yet significant shifts in his approach to portraiture.