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拍品专文
Born in Karnataka in 1911, Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar studied at the Sir J.J. School of Art in Bombay as well as the Académie Julian in Paris. The artist was influenced by a wide range of visual idioms, both Indian and Western styles such as traditional miniature painting, the murals at Ajanta and the work of impressionist masters. He also acknowledged the influence of the artists Amrita Sher-Gil and Paul Gauguin in his early work. Throughout his career, Hebbar experimented with different mediums, methods and styles, constantly evolving his artistic language.
As the artist noted, "I strive to absorb and assimilate principles from India's classical and folk art that I find valid for my work and to apply the varied conceptions introduced into picture-making in the West during the past 100 years. My objective is to communicate my emotional reactions and interpretations of selected aspects of life and nature by means of drawings and paintings" (Artist statement, S.I. Clerk and K.K. Hebbar, 'A Memoir on the Work of a Painter in India', Leonardo, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1978, p. 6).
The peacock is a recurrent motif in the artist's oeuvre, representing the sense of joie de vivre that Hebbar valued and strove to express throughout his career. In this painting from 1968, the artist uses a vibrant palette to depict the rare sighting of India's national bird dancing with its resplendent tail feathers unfurled and on full display. Hebbar's "[...] abstraction is distilled from nature into a clarity of form and texture that culminates in a grand simplicity of color and design. At his peak, he mastered the art of separating the superfluous from the essential" (V. Thimmaiah, K.K. Hebbar: An Artist's Quest, Bangalore, 2011, p. 31).
As the artist noted, "I strive to absorb and assimilate principles from India's classical and folk art that I find valid for my work and to apply the varied conceptions introduced into picture-making in the West during the past 100 years. My objective is to communicate my emotional reactions and interpretations of selected aspects of life and nature by means of drawings and paintings" (Artist statement, S.I. Clerk and K.K. Hebbar, 'A Memoir on the Work of a Painter in India', Leonardo, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1978, p. 6).
The peacock is a recurrent motif in the artist's oeuvre, representing the sense of joie de vivre that Hebbar valued and strove to express throughout his career. In this painting from 1968, the artist uses a vibrant palette to depict the rare sighting of India's national bird dancing with its resplendent tail feathers unfurled and on full display. Hebbar's "[...] abstraction is distilled from nature into a clarity of form and texture that culminates in a grand simplicity of color and design. At his peak, he mastered the art of separating the superfluous from the essential" (V. Thimmaiah, K.K. Hebbar: An Artist's Quest, Bangalore, 2011, p. 31).