Joshi accommodated this particular painting in his 1st solo exhibition in Nepal, in Kathmandu's Indian Library in 1964, which he painted in 1963. He also included this painting in the first National Art Exhibition in 1965 which won him the 2nd prize.
"Early Paintings"
In Early Paintings (1963-1966), artist R. N. Joshi experimented with modernistic art forms, reflecting cubist and other Western art fashions that he later put aside to develop his own style and study Nepali culture closely.
Ramananda Joshi
- Text by Dhananjaya -
(Art critic Narayan Bahadur Singh is also known by his pen name Dhananjaya. This is an excerpts from article published in national daily Gorakhapatra )
Mr. Ramananda Joshi is a painter with modern style. However, the later phase of modern tendency i.e. - the abstract style did not influence him. He does not consider following this style even in the near future. He primarily uses oil color to paint, but while painting landscapes he usually uses water color. Even though his subject matter presents reality, imaginative depth is also found in him. In this context, the image of the painting published in this article titled "stream of life continues in spite of war and famine", the subject is realistic, but its execution and presentation is imaginatively very strong. Similarly, there is a message in the painting "Atom for peace". In order to prevent chaotic situation due to nuclear weapons, there is only one way and that is the path of Buddha. Such sentiments have been conveyed in this work. The message in these paintings might be faintly important, but due to Mr. Joshi's cleverness in handling color compositions, he has been able to create much impact through his works. Similarly, matured lines and brush strokes have made his works even more impactful. As examples for this we can take his paintings titled "in the Bazaar" and "conversation". We can find this quality in most of the paintings by Mr. Joshi and this is the artistic quality that his artworks offer. (To read full text click here)
