Progressive Artists’ Group

The Journal

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

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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Progressive Artists’ Group – H.A. Gade

H.A. Gade is one of the most gifted artists in the history of modern art in India. He was an experimenter and pioneered in Abstract Expressionism. …

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Progressive Artists’ Group— S.H. Raza

Introduction Born on February 22, 1922, in Babaria, Central Provinces, British India; Sayed Haider Raza was one of the six children of Sayed Mohammed Razi a…

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Hemen Majumdar

Hemen Majumdar was born in Kishoreganj in British India (now in Bangladesh). In 1910, he joined The Government School of Art in Calcutta (now Government College…

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Subodh Gupta

Subodh Gupta was born in Khagaul, a small town in Bihar. His father, a railway guard, died in his early forties, when Gupta was 12 years…