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A night of art, history, and dialogue in anticipation of our Summer Online Auction.
On 10 June, art collectors, patrons, and connoisseurs came together in London for an engaging preview of our upcoming Summer Online Auction, exploring a thoughtfully curated selection of modern and contemporary Indian art.
Explore our full catalogue via the link - https://www.saffronart.com/
🗓️Summer Auction
15 - 16 June 2026 | Online
Watch as Saffronart CEO Dinesh Vazirani () breaks down the influences on F N Souza’s cityscapes and still lifes. Rendered in his signature thick black outlines and diagonal brushstrokes, both works are richly coloured and deeply layered.
Explore this and other works by F N Souza and place your advance bids via the link in bio.
🗓️Summer Auction
15 - 16 June 2026 | Online
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05/06/2026
Manchershaw Fakirjee Pithawalla was a distinguished Indian portrait painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After being discovered by John Griffiths, he trained in Academic realist portrait painting at the Sir J J School of Art in Bombay.
Appreciated for working swiftly, M F Pithawalla achieved several notable milestones in his career such as a silver medal for his first exhibition at the Bombay Fine Arts exhibition in 1894 and several gold medals at the Bombay Art Society thereafter.
As an honoured member of the art community, he was part of the committee at Bombay Art Society for thirty years while also being the vice-president of the Art Society of India.
Place your advance bids on these exquisite portraits by M F Pithawalla, from 1918 and 1936 featured in our upcoming auction, via the link - https://sfrn.art/2vn9x3
🗓️Summer Auction
15 - 16 June 2026 | Online
Lot 30
Manchershaw F Pithawalla
Untitled, 1936
Oil on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000 (Rs 9.40 - 14.10 lakhs)
Lot 31
Manchershaw F Pithawalla
Untitled, 1918
Oil on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000 (Rs 9.40 - 14.10 lakhs)
04/06/2026
The present lot shows Jamini Roy’s mastery over western impressionism, a technique he learnt during his training years in the Government School of Art in Calcutta. After which, he quickly became a successful, highly sought-after portrait and post-impressionist style landscape painter.
However, he later abandoned this lucrative career and Western oil paints to look toward his roots in rural Bengal, marking a dramatic turning point in his visual vocabulary.
Roy was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1955 and was declared a National Treasure Artist by the Government of India, ensuring his work is recognised as an invaluable part of the country's cultural heritage.
To bid on this masterful work by Roy from his formative artistic period, visit the link - https://sfrn.art/gj690p
🗓️Summer Auction
15 - 16 June 2026 | Online
Lot 29
JAMINI ROY
‘Untitled’
Oil on board
Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000 (Rs 28.20 - 47 lakhs)
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