Rudolf Ray in Almora
By: Ahuja, Naman P
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Publisher: Mumbai The Marg Foundation September 2018Edition: Vol. 69 (4), 2018.Description: 32-43 Pages.
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MargSummary: This essay focuses on the abstractionist painter Rudolf Rapaport Ray who was educated in Vienna in the 1910s and spent two significant phases of his career (in the 1920s and ’50s) in India, seeking inspiration from its spiritual environment. During the latter trip, Ray stayed in Almora with his second wife Joyce. There, his interaction with intellectuals and villagers, and the indigenous materials he sourced from nature, helped develop a style and set of themes that would come to define his oeuvre. Through a close look at some of his works, and insights gained from Joyce’s memoirs and writings left behind by art critics of the time, the author brings to light this lesser-known period in the artist’s life.
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This essay focuses on the abstractionist painter Rudolf Rapaport Ray who was educated in Vienna in the 1910s and spent two significant phases of his career (in the 1920s and ’50s) in India, seeking inspiration from its spiritual environment. During the latter trip, Ray stayed in Almora with his second wife Joyce. There, his interaction with intellectuals and villagers, and the indigenous materials he sourced from nature, helped develop a style and set of themes that would come to define his oeuvre. Through a close look at some of his works, and insights gained from Joyce’s memoirs and writings left behind by art critics of the time, the author brings to light this lesser-known period in the artist’s life.
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