Progressive Artists’ Group

The Journal

Essays and notes on the masters, the movements and the artists who came after them.

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Nandalal Bose

Nandalal  Bose was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art. He was the key figure of contextual modernism.  He was the pupil of Abanindranath Bose.…

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V.S. Gaitonde

He was regarded as one of India’s most important abstract painters. Born in 1924, Nagpur, Maharashtra. He completed his art diploma at Sir J. J. School…

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Badri Narayan

He was an artist, storyteller, author, and illustrator. He started painting without any formal training and his first public showing was in 1949. In 1954, he…

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Kalal Laxma Goud

He is an Indian printmaker, painter, and draughtsman.  His works are present in various mediums i.e. glass painting, sculpture, pastel, gouache, and etching.  He is known…

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Lalu Prasad Shaw

Lalu Prasad Show born in 1937 is a master of both printmaking and tempera. With the help of his technique and imagery, he brings modernity to…

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Jehangir Sabavala

Born in 1922, Sabavala has an artistic style of impressionist and cubist texture. He studied in the world best art colleges i.e. Sir J.J. School of…

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B. Prabha

She was a prolific Indian artist who primarily worked in oil paintings and was known for depicting elongated graceful pensive rural women. Her paintings are dominated…

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A. Ramachandran

A.Ramachandran, is an Indian painter, born in 1935 in Attingal, Kerala. In 2002, he was elected a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi and in 2005,…

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Meera Mukherjee (1923-1998)

She was an Indian artist, sculpture, and writer. She is known for bringing modernity and freshness to ancient Bengali sculpting art. Her sculptures were heavily influenced…

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Paresh Maity

Paresh Maity was born in Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata…