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V.N. O'key Collection
V.N. O'key, 1917-1998 (Biography) was a versatile artist,
photographer, socialist, and traveler left behind a large archive of posters,
pen and ink portraits, and photographs of his travels across Indian subcontinent.
This primary source of research of India is made possible through a donation
of T.N. Shenoy for Kamat Research Database.
The Wrinkles
Portrait by V.N. O'key |  |
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Smiling Gandhi
Photograph by V.N. O'key, circa 1945 |
Detail from a Fresco of
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Tribal Community at Bastar
Photograph by V.N. O'key, circa 1959 |
Pair of Iguanas
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Himalayan Laborers
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Himalayan Peaks
O'key was a frequest visitor to the Himalayas |  |
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Hindu Shrine at Himalayas
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Masscare at Banda Border
15th of August, 1955, Goa |  |
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Attack on Satara Police Station
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A Socialist Poster from India
Poster designed by V.N. O'key |  |
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Half Native, Half Western
Notice the neck-tie and collar, and the waist cloth and turban worn by this man from Mercara |
Miss Blue Neck
Picture of an Indian Peacock |  |
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Statue of Shivaji Riding a Horse
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Call of a Comrade
Watercolor painting by V.N. O'key |  |
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Baba Nand Singh
Pen and ink drawing by V.N.O'key |
Poster of "Hind Kisan Panchayat", 1949
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Harold Laski and G.D.H. Cole
Pen and ink portraits by V.N. O'key |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Ink and Pen Portrait by V.N. O'key |  |
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Hirve Guruji
Pen and ink portrait by V.N. O'key |
Pen and ink Portraits European Marxist Leaders
Kurt Schumachar and Rosa Luxemberg |  |
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Communal Frenzy on the Eve of Partition
Picture of a 1950 Poster remembering the Partition of India |
An Abandoned Outpost
Somewhere in the Himalayas |  |
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Spotted Deer in Patna Zoo
State of Bihar, North India |
See Also:
- "As I Knew O'key" -- Socialist collegaue N.G. Goray remembers silent worker V.N. O'key.
| A historically important collection
of the works of V.N. Shenoy "Okey", depicting the life in
India during the early part of the 20th century. It includes India's
Freedom Struggle, Socialist Movements, Tribal Life and many journeys
to the Himalayas. |
O'key Collection | Biography
of V.N. O'key | Pen
& Ink Portraits
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