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| Not many people know that Rajneesh Mohan Chandra(OSHO) wove magic with colors as much as he did with words. Osho is well-known as an enlightened Master and mystic, but he is less well known as a painter, a painter of pure poetry. |
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| "I am not an artist, I am the art itself, Where the artist disappeared into art itself, I do not know". |
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| "...Expressions of existence, I hold the brush, Existance is the creativity..." |
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| A painting by OSHO in his younger days signed as RMC(Rajneesh Mohan Chandra) |
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| Some of them priced at Rs 40000/- onwards |
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| Each signatures are sold today on websites |
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| Edition: 300 Year: 10.10.1974 Price: $800(approximately Rs 40000) |
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| Size: 90cm x 60cm Medium: Silkscreen |
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| He used bright colored markers, blot ink and felt-tip pens to make usually spherical designs on a blank page at the beginning or at the end of the volume. |
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| OSHO started these during the 70s. |
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| They seem to represent the evolving stages of a sage. |
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| It is stated by the OSHO Commune, Pune that OSHO created about 900 so called ‘signature paintings’ inscribed on the blank cover pages of his books, as part of his extended signature. |
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| OSHO's signatures. Signing every book he read, he used 'Old signatures' in 3 parts and 'New signatures' in one flow, OSHO did not sign his name, instead wrote in Sanskrit 'Namaste from Rajneesh'. |
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| The shift from old to new signatures was a continuous process, and we see a gradual change of signature from a simple in the beginning to new calligraphic signature colored with felt tip-pen. |
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| Also old signatures are occasionally colored. |
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| All books in Lao Tzu Library are signed, with dates in Hindi in Hindi books and in English in English books. |
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| Many sanyasins use these to meditate on |
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| When reading a book, OSHO sometimes made a drawing. He would call for a book he liked the most that week and then painted its philosophy or essence. |
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| The Beloved Master read 1000s of books and on all of them he sketched unique drawings that are known as OSHO Signature Art. |
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| On filling colors in these drawings, they blossom as beautiful paintings. |
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| Each of these signature is different from the other and that is where the uniqueness of His art lies. |
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| Osho art is also known as enlightened art. |
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| His life and his being were Art itself, and his paintings overflow with the fragrance and beauty of enlightenment. |
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| They are unique, mysterious, significant and are unlike anything the art world has ever seen before. |
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| Some 3.500 books contain various styles of his signature in color or as part of a painting, all written with different colored felt-tip pens. |
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| As per OSHO there are 2 categories of art |
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| Subjective art and objective art. |
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| Subjective art reflects artists dreams and pains, such as European art. |
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| Objective art is impersonal |
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| When both blend, they we get holy art that which is 'whole'. |
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| Indian Art are objective art |
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| Signature Art |
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| 'Good art is nothing but a copy of perfections of God' - Michelangelo |
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| These touches the soul in unseen ways. |
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| Be it a blue-green tree swaying in the wind. |
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| They stand out for their lack of deliberation in form. |
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| Lines are easy, stokes fluid & expressions instinctive. |
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| Multi-colored orbs or spiraling motion in orange. |
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| These signify innocence, beauty, mystical insight and energy flow. |
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| The subtle beauty of each piece conceived in vibrant color celebrate art with each stroke. |
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| Whether OSHO attained 'wholeness' in his art is debatable. |
