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Nannu Singh
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Born in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, and later settled in Jaipur, Nannu Singh worked largely outside established artistic and academic institutions, developing an intensely individual visual language. Working primarily on old handmade paper, he used stone-ground mineral and vegetable pigments to create compositions marked by raw, intuitive brushwork and enigmatic forms. His imagery drew upon tantric ritual, folk memory, religious symbolism and his...
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Born in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, and later settled in Jaipur, Nannu Singh worked largely outside established artistic and academic institutions, developing an intensely individual visual language. Working primarily on old handmade paper, he used stone-ground mineral and vegetable pigments to create compositions marked by raw, intuitive brushwork and enigmatic forms. His imagery drew upon tantric ritual, folk memory, religious symbolism and his own emotional landscape. Recurring subjects such as Lord Ganesha reveal the depth of his spiritual engagement, while his distorted and expressive figures convey a sense of inner turbulence and introspection.
Singh’s practice is distinguished by its ability to transform inherited visual languages into something profoundly personal and contemporary. His works occupy an intriguing space between the archaic and the modern, the sacred and the psychological, resisting tidy categorizations. His compositions are contemplative in nature, asking his viewers for patience and curiosity to unravel their complex layers of symbolism and personal meaning. Often created privately and late at night, his paintings emerged from a process guided more by intuition and personal necessity than formal artistic training.
Though relatively unknown beyond Jaipur’s art circles during his lifetime, Singh’s singular body of work has increasingly invited renewed attention. His work featured in a solo exhibition The Enigma of Jaipur in 2026 at the Visual Arts Gallery and Open Palm Court of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
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Born
1905
Died
2002
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PAST AUCTIONS
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Lot 197
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Autumn Auction | Online
7 October 2026
Disjointed
Stoneground vegetable and mineral pigments and commercial colours on paper
30 x 22 in
Winning bid
$5,684
Rs 5,40,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 198
Details
Autumn Auction | Online
7 October 2026
Yin Yang Ganesha
Stoneground vegetable and mineral pigments and commercial colours on paper
30 x 22.25 in
Winning bid
$5,684
Rs 5,40,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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