Government of India
A Dairy Farm
Keywords: Pictorial Photography
Photography
Artwork
Publisher: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Description: F. R. Ratnagar's pictures are meditative, brimming with a stillness that is not stagnant. The fantastic play of light and shade in his pictorialist images demonstrate his mastery over chiaroscuro. Ratnagar captured a variety of subjects through his lens, from scenes of village life in India to the canals of Venice to artistic, experimental portraits. His images of nature encapsulate large vistas of landscapes dotted with a solitary figure or two, bringing out their beauty.
Type: Photograph
Received From: National Gallery Of Modern Art, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Ratnagar, F. R. |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-04T22:20:50Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-04T22:20:50Z |
| dc.description | F. R. Ratnagar's pictures are meditative, brimming with a stillness that is not stagnant. The fantastic play of light and shade in his pictorialist images demonstrate his mastery over chiaroscuro. Ratnagar captured a variety of subjects through his lens, from scenes of village life in India to the canals of Venice to artistic, experimental portraits. His images of nature encapsulate large vistas of landscapes dotted with a solitary figure or two, bringing out their beauty. |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | F R Ratnagar (1898-1994) was one of the founding members of the Camera Pictorialists of Bombay, a group that pursued artistic photography at a time when the medium was considered too popular to be art. An international movement at the time, many groups of pictorialists flourished in India as well as abroad. They wanted to explore the possibilities of the camera beyond the mere documentation of an event or subject. |
| dc.format.extent | 34 x 25.7 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Pictorial Photography Photography Artwork |
| dc.type | Photograph |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-16944 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.creator | Ratnagar, F. R. |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-04T22:20:50Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-04T22:20:50Z |
| dc.description | F. R. Ratnagar's pictures are meditative, brimming with a stillness that is not stagnant. The fantastic play of light and shade in his pictorialist images demonstrate his mastery over chiaroscuro. Ratnagar captured a variety of subjects through his lens, from scenes of village life in India to the canals of Venice to artistic, experimental portraits. His images of nature encapsulate large vistas of landscapes dotted with a solitary figure or two, bringing out their beauty. |
| dc.description.sponsorship | F R Ratnagar (1898-1994) was one of the founding members of the Camera Pictorialists of Bombay, a group that pursued artistic photography at a time when the medium was considered too popular to be art. An international movement at the time, many groups of pictorialists flourished in India as well as abroad. They wanted to explore the possibilities of the camera beyond the mere documentation of an event or subject. |
| dc.format.extent | 34 x 25.7 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Pictorial Photography Photography Artwork |
| dc.type | Photograph |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | ngma-16944 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
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