A self-taught painter infused with Indian culture, George Keyt was influenced by Buddhist and Hindu religiosity, which he attempted to fuse critically with Western and Eastern aesthetics. At the beginning of his career he was drawn to Cubism and Fauvism and in the 1930s he developed his own unique and original style, recognisable from its perspective abstraction, with intersecting lines executed with vigorous and colorful brushwork. The large almond-shaped eyes of his subjects became his signature motif.
