Savitri and Yama — Two Paintings
A painting by Huta
The two opposed each other with their eyes,
Woman and universal god: around her,
Piling their void unbearable loneliness
Upon her mighty uncompanioned soul,
Many inhuman solitudes came close. ||135.13||
Savitri Book 9 Canto 1 – Towards the Black Void
A painting by Nandalal Bose
Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his “Indian style” of painting. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1921. He was influenced by the Tagore family and the murals of Ajanta; his classic works include paintings of scenes from Indian mythologies, women, and village life.
Today, many critics consider his paintings among India’s most important modern paintings.
He was given the work of illustrating the Constitution of India.
A painting by Nandalal Bose on a post-card
A Note
While the art of Nandalal Bose is exquisite, lyrical-æsthetic in its creativity, Huta’s is deeply occult-spiritual plunging into the depths of the spirit. If one epitomises the present the other opens itself to the furure. Sri Aurobindo has shown the way to the Future Art in his example of the Future Poetry. We have future music in Sunil also directly inspired by the Mother. There are glimpses of the future architecture in the Matrimandir at Auroville. And this will have to go everywhere,
Here are the two Narads, by Huta and by Nandalal:
But see this wonder by Huta:
The Winds of Wonder 
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