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Pestonji Bomanji

Pestonji Bomanji (1851 - 1938) was active/lived in India.  Pestonji Bomanji is known for Portraiture.

Pestonji Bomanji was the first celebrated painter from the tradition of Bombay School. He was born in 1851 in India and studied under John Griffiths at the Sir J.J. School of Art and Industry.

Pestonji became a team leader for the ‘Ajanta Project’ of copying the Ajanta murals (1872-1884) and also assisted Valentine Prinsep, Queen Victoria’s personal artist, who was on a visit to India to paint for the Indian royal families. Pestonji had his own studio and is known for his portrayal of eminent personalities as well as common people. His mastery over portraiture is evident in ‘A Head of Gosain’, which echoes the influence of Prinsep with a dramatic use of light and shade, revealing the spiritual conflict within, and having an orientalist approach.

Pestonji Bomanji died in 1938.

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