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 | ![]() |
See Also:
- "As I Knew O'key" -- Socialist collegaue N.G. Goray remembers silent worker V.N. O'key.