Author/Artist :Somnath HoreTitle :Somnath HoreSize :22 x 15 inMedium :Lithograph
The seated woman hides many emotions. Her relaxed posture seems calm on the outside, but her feet indicate anguish in her thoughts. The kind of anguish that makes a person distant and thoughtful. Her slightly tilted head and softened features suggest contemplation, perhaps even fatigue, as if she is momentarily lost in her own world. Unlike Hore’s paintings of famine and peasant revolts that embody pain and collective trauma, here he captures vulnerability in a more personal, intimate way. The soft shading across the torso and arms emphasise her physical presence, but her stillness conveys an inward, emotional silence. It feels like a pause — a human moment of being, rather than of suffering.
