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Paintings, photos, passion: How to build an art collection for your home

You could buy a masterpiece or the work of an upcoming artist, but consider these tips to be a connoisseur

A painting by Ramachandran, who uses archetypal Indian imagery in his works. (Handout photo)
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A painting by Ramachandran, who uses archetypal Indian imagery in his works. (Handout photo)

Namrata Kohli New Delhi
Nirmalya Kumar, professor of marketing at Singapore Management University, has a famed collection of Jamini Roy paintings. His favourite is Widow, Roy’s painting of a woman wearing a white sari with a black border.

“I did not ever intend to concentrate on Jamini Roy or Rabindranath Tagore, and in any case, am not a person who buys into labels such as Bengal School. Instead, I focus on individual artists. Jamini was the first Indian artist I fell in love with,” he said.

"Roy’s painting is his statement on the emancipation of widows. As a collector, this painting had everything one

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