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Jamini Roy

1887 - 1972

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Jamini Roy (11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972) was an Indian painter. He was honoured by the Government of India the award of Padma Bhushan in 1954. He remains one of the most famous pupils of Abanindranath Tagore, another praised Indian artist and instructor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jamini Roy has received more than 1,028,483 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jamini Roy is the 1,658th most popular painter (down from 1,513th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from India (down from 514th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jamini Roy ranks 1,658 out of 2,023. Before him are Bohumil Kubišta, Abel de Pujol, John Hoppner, Slava Raškaj, David Allan, and John William Casilear. After him are Marie Bouliard, Nils Dardel, Nikiforos Lytras, Fyodor Bruni, Karin Bergöö Larsson, and Reinier Nooms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jamini Roy ranks 195. Before him are Harold Lockwood, Géza Csáth, Julius Pokorny, Benjamin Glazer, Igor Severyanin, and Arcadio Larraona Saralegui. After him are Hranush Arshagyan, Valentine Hugo, Paul W. Merrill, Reginald Owen, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, and Alf Landon. Among people deceased in 1972, Jamini Roy ranks 163. Before him are Jan Wils, Edward Cook, Walter Lang, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Arthur Russell, and Cecil Day-Lewis. After him are Mikhail Artamonov, Kenny Dorham, Alfred Schmidt, Rudolf Friml, Alexander Bek, and Reginald Owen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jamini Roy ranks 559 out of 1,861. Before him are Uttam Kumar (1926), Devika Rani (1908), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Margaret Abbott (1878), and Charles Gmelin (1872). After him are Yashpal (1903), Hrithik Roshan (1974), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), and Dawood Ibrahim (1955).

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Among PAINTERS In India

Among painters born in India, Jamini Roy ranks 4. Before him are Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Abanindranath Tagore (1871), and M. F. Husain (1915). After him are Basawan (1560).

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