Online image. Dollsofindia.com 11/6/2010
This is a painting by Jamini Roy, an artist from Bengal. He was actually trained as an artist by Abanindraneth Tagore, who is the older brother of Rabindraneth Tagore, who is the author of the story The Punishment. Roy was famous for folk art paintings in India, and later won national praise for his work. This painting does not really have any background information, it is simply a portrait of a Indian woman, who look very angry to me.
For me this painting relates to the story, because this is how I imagined Chandara to look when sitting in court and facing her fate. This woman looks angry, prideful, and full of hate. If I had to draw a picture of Chandara this is what I would have came up with. The eyes on this woman are so piercing, as if trying to cut through someone like a knife, I imagine that to be Chidam. And yet this woman has a subtle beauty that is also relatable to Chandara.
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