Dawn an Underdog Artist in The Pre-independence India
After recognition of 1929, Jamini had to work upon his new identity which he was going to show to the art world’s elites. A little light…
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An Artist Searching Passion in The Soil
In the world of art and creativity, it is unconditionally true that there should be a zeal to learn and relearn. In the case of Jamini…
Jamini Roy: Santhal Mother & Child
Jamini Roy used organic substances in his paintings; it is well known that he only uses organic paints and pieces of cotton & tempera for his…
Arpana Caur
Arpana Caur was born in 1954, in Delhi. She comes from a Sikh family who fled the Pakistani West Punjab to the Republic of India in…
Somnath Hore (1921-2006)
Born in 1921 in Chittagong, Somnath Hore was an Indian sculptor & printmaker. Most of his works are the recreation of the incidents that happened in…
Ramkinkar Baij (25 May 1906 – 02 August 1980)
Ramkinkar Baij was one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a very important figure of Contextual Modernism. He is considered as “Father of Modern…
Neeraj Goswami
Born in Patna in 1964, Neeraj completed his education at the Delhi School of Art. He earned both a Bachelor’s and Masters degree and has been…
Jangarh Singh Shyam
Jangarh was born into a Pardhan Gond family in the village of Patangarh, Mandla district, (Dindori District), Eastern Madhya Pradesh. He grew up in extreme poverty…
Tyeb Mehta— Progressive Artists’ Group
Tyeb Mehta was an Indian painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. He was part of the Progressive Artists’ Group and a man who embraced modernism, post-impressionist colors, cubism,…
Anjolie Ela Menon
Anjolie Ela Menon was born on 17 July 1940, in Burnpur, Bengal [now in West Bengal], India and is of mixed Bengali and American parentage. She…