In Exile

Figures & Portraits

Medium

Chalk pastel

Dimensions

45 × 70 cm

Year

Undated

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In the face of credible threats to his life at the hands of the Chinese invaders, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee Tibet in 1959. This portrait sets a shining spiritual figure against a dark background, a symbol of his displacement and isolation. His Holiness is captured in a moment full of colour, life and peaceful resilience.

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