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 | ![]() |
![]() | Smiling Gandhi Photograph by V.N. O'key, circa 1945 |
Detail from a Fresco of | ![]() |
![]() | Tribal Community at Bastar Photograph by V.N. O'key, circa 1959 |
Pair of Iguanas | ![]() |
![]() | Himalayan Laborers |
Himalayan Peaks O'key was a frequest visitor to the Himalayas | ![]() |
![]() | Hindu Shrine at Himalayas |
Masscare at Banda Border 15th of August, 1955, Goa | ![]() |
![]() | Attack on Satara Police Station |
"Simon, Go Back!!" | ![]() |
![]() | A Socialist Poster from India Poster designed by V.N. O'key |
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 |
Statue of Shivaji Riding a Horse , | ![]() |
![]() | Call of a Comrade Watercolor painting by V.N. O'key |
Baba Nand Singh Pen and ink drawing by V.N.O'key | ![]() |
![]() | Poster of "Hind Kisan Panchayat", 1949 , |
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 |
Hirve Guruji - A Martyr for Goa Pen and ink portrait by V.N. O'key | ![]() |
![]() | Pen and ink Portraits European Marxist Leaders Kurt Schumachar and Rosa Luxemberg |
Communal Frenzy on the Eve of Partition Picture of a 1950 Poster remembering the Partition of India | ![]() |
![]() | An Abandoned Outpost Somewhere in the Himalayas |
Spotted Deer in Patna Zoo State of Bihar, North India | ![]() |
![]() | White Tiger Patna Zoo, Bihar |
Himalayan Tourists | ![]() |
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See Also:
- "As I Knew O'key" -- Socialist collegaue N.G. Goray remembers silent worker V.N. O'key.



























