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Jamini Roy

1887 - 1972

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Jamini Roy (Bengali: যামিনী রায়) (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 983,051 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jamini Roy is the 1,515th most popular painter (down from 1,327th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from India (down from 478th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jamini Roy ranks 1,515 out of 1,421. Before him are Alexander Brullov, Mordecai Ardon, Edward Hicks, Nikolay Kasatkin, Zofia Stryjeńska, and Konstantin Yuon. After him are Kristjan Raud, Allan Ramsay, Käthe Kruse, Ion Andreescu, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Mel Ramos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jamini Roy ranks 189. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Gregorio Marañón, Alf Landon, Kalle Anttila, and Adriaan Fokker. After him are Alfonso Calzolari, René Maran, Amadeo García, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Rudolph Lewis, and Edith Sitwell. Among people deceased in 1972, Jamini Roy ranks 166. Before him are Vera Karalli, Edmund Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Carlo Agostoni, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, and Adriaan Fokker. After him are Ferde Grofé, Jan Wils, Henry Dreyfuss, Jan Diddens, Walter Lang, and Charu Majumdar.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jamini Roy ranks 518 out of 1,493. Before him are Sivaji Ganesan (1928), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jayakanthan (1934), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Mayawati (1956), and Kedarnath Singh (1934). After him are Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), Balamani Amma (1909), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927).

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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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