Untitled (market scene), India
By William Spencer Bagdatopoulos

William Spencer Bagdatopoulos (1888–1965) was a painter and commercial artist, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is known for his Orientalist renditions of people and monuments in the East.

In 1924, Bagdatopoulos was commissioned by the Times of India in Bombay to tour the country on their behalf. From 1924-26 he travelled to every part of India, painting images of Indian sights, such as the Golden Temple, the gopuram at Madurai, the Taj Mahal, and the bazaars of Darjeeling.Some of his art was reproduced in the Times of India annuals. He also illustrated advertisements for the magazine and travel posters for the Indian Railways Promotion Bureau. A biographical note in the Who's Who on the Pacific Coast describes him as 'Chief artist and pictorial advisor to Times of India mag.; recognized as an authority on far and near eastern advt'.

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