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pestonjee bomanjee
early life and education pestonjee bomanjee, a prominent figure in indian art, was born in bombay (now mumbai), india in 1851. he received his early education at elphinstone high school, after which he joined the newly opened j.j. school of art in mumbai at the age of thirteen. initially, bomanjee aspired to be a sculptor and trained under john lockwood kipling. artistic career bomanjee's artistic career is marked by his appointment as a draughtsman on the team sent by the j.j. school of art to copy paintings at the ajanta caves in 1872, which he later led in 1880. by 1894, he became one of t…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of pestonjee bomanjee's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
