Photos: Jatin Das paints artists & friends in new show

Eminent artist Jatin Das' staggering exhibit of 500 portraits opened at the esteemed Lalit Kala Akademi on Friday. Titled, 'Jatin Das: Artists & Friends. Over Fifty Years' it will run from 17 - 22 November 2017.

Updated on: Nov 17, 2017 7:58 PM IST

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Artist Krishen Khanna painted by artist Jatin Das as part of Das’ new exhibition, ‘Jatin Das: Artists & Friends’ in New Delhi.’To portray is metaphoric. It is the impression of an actual object with its essence,’ says Das of portraiture. (Jatin Das)

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A portrait of Sardar Gurcharan Singh, painted by Jatin Das in 1994. Singh was considered the ‘Father of studio pottery’ in India, having founded the popular ‘Delhi Blue Pottery’ in the capital in 1952. (Jatin Das)

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An oil portrait of Arvind Krishen. ‘Delhi was a sleepy town and in those days people used to say let’s go for a drive or a coffee to the airport! The locality of Nizamuddin became a special place for artists, as we all started to live close to each other,’ recalls Jatin Das of the past. (Jatin Das)

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B.K.S. Iyengar, the founder of ‘Iyengar Yoga,’ 2014. The show has almost 500 works in oils, watercolour, ink and conté. (Jatin Das)

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Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar by Jatin Das, 2017. ‘Wherever I went, whether it was a concert or an exhibition, I sketched,’ says Das. (Jatin Das)

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Dom Moraes, editor, essayist, biographer, and inveterate traveller was one of the best-known English-language poets of India. This is Das’ portrait of him from 1988. (Jatin Das)

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Bhupen Khakhar was a leading contemporary artist from Gujarat, India. Khakhar openly explored his sexuality within his work, touching on the personal and cultural implications of same-sex intimacy within Indian society. He often included himself in these amorous or contemplative scenes. Das made his portrait in 1984. (Jatin Das)

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Bikash Bhattacharjee was an Indian painter from Kolkata, who depicted the life of the average middle-class Bengali – their aspirations, superstitions, hypocrisy and corruption, and even the violence that is endemic to Kolkata. This is Das’ portraiture from 1986. (Jatin Das)