1965, Balraj Khanna, Autumn Forest -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: The warm brown tones of this painting, peppered with bursts of orange and yellow, are scored by grid-like markings. Khanna simultaneously evokes a macro and micro impression of the forest, suggesting both an aerial landscape and the grooves of a tree's bark. This painting was made in France while Khanna recovered from a motorcycle crash. In stark contrast to London, the French town neighboured a forest. Immobilised, his leg in a cast, Khanna recalled lying in the grass: 'I felt as if I had never seen trees before in all my existence.’
1965, Balraj Khanna, Autumn Forest -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: The warm brown tones of this painting, peppered with bursts of orange and yellow, are scored by grid-like markings. Khanna simultaneously evokes a macro and micro impression of the forest, suggesting both an aerial landscape and the grooves of a tree's bark. This painting was made in France while Khanna recovered from a motorcycle crash. In stark contrast to London, the French town neighboured a forest. Immobilised, his leg in a cast, Khanna recalled lying in the grass: 'I felt as if I had never seen trees before in all my existence.’