SAKTI BURMAN | UNTITLED

Acquired by a German academic and private collector, Paris, circa 1980s

Acquired from the above's estate, Germany, 2015

Acquired from the above in 2019

Sakti Burman was born in Calcutta in 1935, where he attended the Government Art College. In the mid-1950s, Burman moved to Paris on a scholarship awarded to him by the French Government. The artist has lived in France to this day, but the artist’s affinity with his homeland is ever-present in his work. Through his distinctive palette and depiction of fantastical figures, Burman draws his viewer into a dream-like universe. His paintings seem to occupy a world of their own, suspended between the spheres of myth and reality.

Fellow artist Paritosh Sen writes ‘By his blend of complementary colours, varied textures and decorative details, [Sakti Burman] holds out a dream world of harmony, a world free of conflict and an abode of abiding peace. The viewer, turning away from today's world of conflict and violence, feels assured of peace and happiness in the world of Burman's paintings.’ (‘Sakti Burman's world', The Hindu Magazine, 22 June 2003)