MAKING INDIAN COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTING AVAILABLE - TAASA Review March 2023

MAKING INDIAN COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTING AVAILABLE – TAASA Review March 2023

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This article was originally found in the March 2023 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 18).

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Eileen Chanin I n general, access to view Indian painting in public institutions is limited, being typically rotated for display by virtue of its sensitivity to light.

In particular, identifying the full range of Company School painting held in Australia’s public collections is not easy, depending on whether and how they are catalogued online or digitised. Mohurrum procession c1850, India, Company school, pigment on mica, 15 x 19.5 cms.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Dr Jim Masselos 2022...