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S H Raza

Born in 1922 in Mandala district of Madhya Pradesh, Syed Haider Raza was greatly inspired by the lush green landscapes and forests of his early childhood. He depicted those memories his canvases later. His concepts are spiritually driven with an admiration for nature and the surroundings. His works are rooted yet global. An influence of his travels and life abroad can be clearly seen in his artworks.

A cohesive, cerebral colorist who has moved from dense vibrancy to soft ethereality Raza’s paintings resonate the passionate hot colours of India with all their symbolic emotive value while drawing from memories of childhood spent in the forest, he has also been inspired by Indian metaphysical thought. Raza’s works position a slash of red, a blotch of blue and a grinding orchestration of yellows and sunset oranges.

His paintings revolve mainly around nature and its various facets. Over the years, his paintings evolved from being purely expressionist landscapes to abstract ones. He believes the ‘Bindu’ (Dot) to be the center of creation and existence and his works reflect this thinking. Even though the vibrancy of his paintings had become subtle later his career, the dynamism remained as alive as ever.

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