Desmond Lazaro

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, is pleased to present the gallery's first exhibition of works by Desmond Lazaro, an artist who has lived and worked in India for over 15 years. In India, the artist not only reconnected with his cultural heritage, he fastidiously studied the ancient tradition of miniature painting-specifically that of Pichhvai painting-under one of the only surviving masters of the tradition, Bannu Ved Pal Sharma of Jaipur, Rajasthan. Lazaro apprenticed under Sharma for over a decade, becoming proficient in this painstakingly meticulous and laborious ancient craft that...