Author: Vikash Kalra
Jogen Chowdhury
Jogen was born in Daharpara Village, a village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh in 1939. His father Pramatha Nath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Jogen received the interest on art from his parents as both his parents were artists. Pramatha Nath was interested in Hindu mythological incidents and characters. He had painted several mythological…
Progressive artists’ group—-Krishen Khanna
Krishen Khanna is one of the progressive artists’ group associates born in Lyallpur, India (now in Pakistan). He attended Imperial Service College in England. He is a self-taught artist. In 1962, he received Rockefeller Fellowship. His art springs from his surroundings and the life around him. He is a kind of mediator and interpreter but never a…
Progressive Artist Group——Ram Kumar
Ram Kumar was born on 23 September 1924 in Shimla, Punjab, British India. He was one of the greatest artists of Indian abstract art. He was associated with the Progressive Artists’ Group along with some greats like F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, M.F. Husain, and Tyeb Mehta. He was one of the first Indian artists to…
Drawings and their value associated with life
Drawing is an art or technique for creating images on the surface of the paper with help of ink, graphite, charcoal, technology, or any other tool. Consequently, there are both digital and physical drawings. It is believed that many artistic creations are initiated from drawings. These creations could be from the physical world or purely…
Madhvi Parekh
Madhvi’s works revolve around her childhood memory, women’s craft, folk art, and Indian myths. She was influenced by Paul Klee and Francesco Clemente. Her inspirations were traditional art but her style was contemporary. There are many works that represent folk art although they are not drawn from any specific folk tradition. Madhvi was born in…
Progressive Artists’ Group—-Manishi Dey
Born on 22 September 1909, Manishi Dey was one of the most prominent painters of the Bengal School of Art. He was the younger brother of Mukul Dey, a pioneering Indian artist and drypoint etcher. He was born in Dhaka, Bengal Presidency. He was the fifth child of Purnashashi Devi and Kula Chandra Dey. At…
Progressive Artists’ Group—Akbar Padamsee
Akbar Padamsee was an Indian artist and painter considered one of the pioneers in modern Indian art along with S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, and M.F. Husain. Over the years he worked in different mediums such as oil painting, plastic emulsion, watercolor, sculpture, printmaking, computer graphics, and photography. In addition, he worked as a filmmaker, sculptor,…
Progressive Artists’ Group— M.F. Husain
Maqbool Fida Husain popularly known as M.F. Husain was an Indian artist of modified cubist style. He is known for his bold and vibrant color applications. Born on September 17, 1935, in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra in a Sulaymani Bohra family. He lost his mother at age of 18 months soon after that his father…
Progressive Artists’ Group – Sadanand Bakre
Sadanand Bakre was one of the painters from the Progressive Artists’ Group. He was the only sculptor in the group. Sadanand was born in Baroda in 1920 and he joined the Gokhale Education Society School when his family moved to Bombay. He started showing some initial talents in drawing and was motivated by his teacher…
Progressive Artists’ Group – K. H. Ara
K.H. Ara was one of the artists from the renowned artist group Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay. One of the founders of the Artists’ Centre in Mumbai. He was one of the first contemporary Indian painters to meticulously use the female nude as a subject. He hosted his first solo show in the Chetana restaurant…
