[1] He remains one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, another praised Indian artist and instructor.

[2] 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.

[3] Jamini Roy was born on 11 April 1887 into a moderately prosperous Kayastha family of land-owners in Beliatore village of the Bankura district, West Bengal.

[4] He was raised in an average middle-class, art loving household which ultimately influenced his future decisions.

[8] He moved away from his earlier impressionist landscapes and portraits and between 1921 and 1924 began his first period of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting point.

Keeping his respect to the middle class reflected on his critical views; he believed that ordinary people were more important than governments because they were the voice of his art.

He also used indigenous materials like lamp black, organic tempera, earth and mineral pigments to paint.

[13] Jamini Roy's paintings were put on exhibition for the first time in the British India Street of Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1938.

During the 1940s, his popularity touched new highs, with the Bengali middle class and the European community becoming his main clientele.

[15] In 1929 while inaugurating Roy's exhibition sponsored by Mukul Dey at Calcutta, the then Statesman Editor Sir Alfred Watson said: …Those who study the various pictures will be able to trace the development of the mind of an artist constantly seeking his own mode of expression.

The work of those who are endeavouring to revive Indian art is commonly not appreciated in its true significance.