Portrait of Artist Bendre

This painting is titled Portrait of Artist Bendre. It is painted by K. K. Hebbar using oil on canvas. We see a blend of the western technique in Hebbar's work and an influence of the style of Paul Gauguin and Amrita Sher Gill in his early works. But the roots of the folk painting tradition in India is also present in his works. This portrait of Bendre shows his unique style combining the Impressionist and expressionistic techniques of the western modernism, reflected in works of many modernist Indian artists.