{"title":"Bratin Khan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Balurghat, West Bengal, Bratin Khan trained in the Bengal tradition, absorbing its lyricism and quiet spiritualism. His works often draw from memory, nature, and inner vision. “My perception of nature is not only from my external observation but from an insightful interiority of my vision,” he explains. “I believe a flower doesn’t have to be distorted to give it an artistic status; rather, the artist should procure the original impact a flower has in nature on his canvas.” His paintings translate memory into a living abstraction—one where “the foggy twilight through the bamboo groves” or “the tempered sound of chirping crickets” become fragments of a remembered cosmos, reassembled in luminous balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstallation View of Mirror of Vision at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad \u003cbr\u003eTempera, a medium integral to Bratin’s practice, becomes both material and metaphor. “It has a great role in generating the luminous and membranous realism of my thoughts,” he says. “The coarser texture of the canvas is fabricated with the overwhelming sensibility of aesthetic and quite a maternal fabrication—the way a mother invokes the formation of a fetus in her womb.” For him, tempera is not merely a technique but a “way of life,” one that “helps me achieve a radiographic way of developing my painting, living and reliving it uniquely.”\u003cbr\u003eWhile his works often appear mythical, Bratin resists literal association with folklore. “My paintings are deeply rooted in a monastic condition which viewers depict as mythical,” he notes. “Mythology is a condition of immense intensity. It’s a mood of reclusion and sacramental rite; it’s a worshipping of beauty.” These qualities converge in his radiant figures—his Golden Purushas—who embody the artist’s search for spiritual equilibrium amid natural harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore more:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/existing-artists\"\u003eAll Next Canvas artists\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/products\/silent-conversation\"\u003eView Silent Conversation \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"untitled-by-bratim-khan","title":"Boy \u0026 Flowers | Oil Painting by Bratin Khan","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Boy \u0026amp; Flowers' — an oil on canvas by Bratin Khan, an artist deeply shaped by the Bengal School and Rajasthani miniature painting. His figures are graceful and free-flowing, often lit by a soft inner glow, with nature woven through scenes drawn from myth, religion and rural Bengal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan graduate (1988–1993) and winner of the 1992 best-painting award from the Indian Society of Oriental Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal oil on canvas · 12 × 12 inches · 2010 · one of one, with certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bratin Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44832202195123,"sku":"K2-68","price":200000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/6445\/3299\/files\/K2-68-Edited-Edited-868b80c2-0944-4c3e-8798-9fe9ae89d45d-_1.webp?v=1787020007"},{"product_id":"jugal","title":"Jugal | Oil Painting by Bratin Khan","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Jugal' — an oil on canvas by Bratin Khan, who trained in the Bengal tradition and draws on memory, nature and an inner, almost monastic vision. His radiant 'Golden Purusha' figures reach for a spiritual equilibrium between the human and the natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Balurghat, West Bengal, Khan treats painting as a slow, devotional practice rooted in remembered landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal oil on canvas · 48 × 36 inches · 2018 · one of one, with certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bratin Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346993275059,"sku":"K2-68","price":700000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/6445\/3299\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-02-27at16.14.10_1.jpg?v=1787022595"},{"product_id":"silent-conversation","title":"Silent Conversation | Tempera Painting by Bratin Khan","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Silent Conversation' — a tempera on canvas by Bratin Khan. Tempera is central to his practice, a medium he treats almost as a way of life, building the luminous, membranous surface his work is known for. The title suits his quiet, inward, fable-like mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Balurghat, West Bengal, Khan paints from memory and an interior vision shaped by the Bengal tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal tempera on canvas · 24 × 40 inches · 2012 · one of one, with certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bratin Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346995765427,"sku":"K2-68","price":400000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/6445\/3299\/files\/WhatsApp_Image_2026-02-27_at_16.17.23_1.jpg?v=1787022638"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/6445\/3299\/collections\/WhatsApp_Image_2026-03-13_at_15.59.01.jpg?v=1792145619","url":"https:\/\/nextcanvas.art\/collections\/bratin-khan.oembed","provider":"Next Canvas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}