Really dig this 1920s painting of the Gujarati actor Mohan Lala by Baburao
Baburao (b. 1890) was from Kolhapur, a self-taught artist and stage backdrop painter. Influenced by European art and the Pre-Raphaelites, he blended romantic portraiture with theatrical aesthetics, visible in the dramatic dignity afforded to the sitter and attention to environmental details
Mohanlal Lalji Khusalram (1885-1938) Gujarati stage actor, by Painter Baburao (1890-1954) circa 1920, oil on canvas, 44 x 23.5 in
