Title: "Eat to live"
Artist: Signature to be deciphered (signed lower right, date "1926".
Technique: Oil on canvas
Date: 1926
Style: Orientalist, Genre Scenes
Provenance: Painted in India (as indicated by a label on the back), probably in Lahore (the label on the back bears an address in Anarkali, Lahore).
Subject and Composition
The painting captures a moment of everyday life with touching intimacy.
It depicts a young boy sitting crouched, wrapped in a drape, focusing on the food he holds in his hands.
His absorbed gaze suggests a deep appreciation for the meal, in line with the title of the work.