Village in Lush Landscape

Name/Title

Village in Lush Landscape

Entry/Object ID

2010.032

Collection

Hundal Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Zainul Abedin

Date made

1953

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

28-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Abedin’s gently outlined softly colored washes evoke a lazy fall day in an East Bengal (later Bangladesh) village. The painting suggests that peace is found outside the city, away from the colonial capital in nearby Calcutta.