‘Forgotten masters’: auction shines light on India’s overlooked artists
by Mark Brown Arts correspondent from on (#5NXJK)
Paintings commissioned by East India Company in 18th and 19th century up for sale at Sotheby's
Remarkable paintings of the flora and fauna of India, including a work once owned by Jackie Kennedy Onassis depicting a stork eating a snail, are to go on sale in the first auction dedicated to Company School art.
Sotheby's has announced details of a sale that shines light on overlooked Indian artists today regarded as forgotten masters.
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