An artist influenced by her printmaking career, Rini Dhumal (1948 - 2021) perfectly captured the intricacy of human relationships in her paintings. Born 1948, Rini Dhumal grew up in Rongpur, Bangladesh. After a Masters degree from the MS University, Vadodara, India, she rejoined the institute as a teacher in the latter half of her life. During her time at the university, Rini was fortunate to work under great artists like KG Subramanyan and Krishna Reddy.
The central theme of Rini's work revolved around the power and indelible strength of women. A lot of her work had its roots in the principles of prints. She perfectly managed to create beauty by aesthetic standards while making it possible to deliver a message at the same time.
Popularized by her "Devi" paintings, Rini spoke in multiple interviews of how her muse was the idea of a woman, a shakti image, which is evident in her paintings, demonstrating the power and the strong nature of women by virtue of the life that society serves them. Her "Devi" paintings represented particular details pertaining to the mythological aspect of goddesses. The brilliance and mastery of colours portrayed in her works managed to make her statement direct and clear to her audience.
She continued to work with prints, depicting heightened awareness of mechanism and significance of colour and size. Even though her work with prints wasn't a diversification of paintings, they still held the same underlying note of depicting the essence of humanism.
Rini was an international artist with solo exhibitions held in India as well as overseas. As a result of her bright artistic career, Rini was felicitated on multiple occasions. Some of her notable shows include Shakti, Tales of the Prophetess, The Santiniketan, Wounds, among others. Rini Dhumal was active in Vadodara, India till her death.
An artist influenced by her printmaking career, Rini Dhumal (1948 - 2021) perfectly captured the intricacy of human relationships in her paintings. Born 1948, Rini Dhumal grew up in Rongpur, Bangladesh. After a Masters degree from the MS University, Vadodara, India, she rejoined the institute as a teacher in the latter half of her life. During her time at the university, Rini was fortunate to work under great artists like KG Subramanyan and Krishna Reddy.
The central theme of Rini's work revolved around the power and indelible strength of women. A lot of her work had its roots in the principles of prints. She perfectly managed to create beauty by aesthetic standards while making it possible to deliver a message at the same time.
Popularized by her "Devi" paintings, Rini spoke in multiple interviews of how her muse was the idea of a woman, a shakti image, which is evident in her paintings, demonstrating the power and the strong nature of women by virtue of the life that society serves them. Her "Devi" paintings represented particular details pertaining to the mythological aspect of goddesses. The brilliance and mastery of colours portrayed in her works managed to make her statement direct and clear to her audience.
She continued to work with prints, depicting heightened awareness of mechanism and significance of colour and size. Even though her work with prints wasn't a diversification of paintings, they still held the same underlying note of depicting the essence of humanism.
Rini was an international artist with solo exhibitions held in India as well as overseas. As a result of her bright artistic career, Rini was felicitated on multiple occasions. Some of her notable shows include Shakti, Tales of the Prophetess, The Santiniketan, Wounds, among others. Rini Dhumal was active in Vadodara, India till her death.
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