Tag: Progressive artist group

  • 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.  He was known for the ‘Indian Style’ of painting. In 1922, he became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. His most prominent paintings are from the Indian mythologies, village…

  • 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 of Art in 1948. In 1950, he was invited to join the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group. He actively participated in the group’s activities as well as exhibitions in India…

  • 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 exhibited a solo show.  There are more the 50 solo shows by Badri Narayan and his artworks are in several collections such as the National Gallery of Modern Art…

  • 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 for his eroticism in a rural context. Goud was born in Nizampur, Medak district in Hyderabad. He was one of the seven siblings in the family.  His childhood was…

  • 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 printmaking. He looks after everyday life to get the subjects that help him to create simple objects and events. In his small size tempera paintings, stylistic elements are derived…

  • 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 by a single color theme. Some of her paintings are collected in the National Gallery of Modern Art, India. She was deeply inspired by the works of Amrita Shergill.…

  • 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, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour, for outstanding service to the nation. In 1957, he obtained his master’s degree in Malayalam literature, but art…

  • 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 and graduated at the top of his class with a Masters of Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Arts. Paresh Maity has 81 Solo Exhibitions in forty years…

  • Art Creating Path To The New Artist And Insight For The Already Working Creators

    On 12th March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the civil disobedience movement against the British monopoly on salt. The world was facing a great depression and the life of common people was getting worse. Jute prices were going south, there was a scarcity of money and in that situation, it is very hard to imagine how…

  • 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 and a little push towards the beauty of art lead him to the lifelong career of exploration, understanding, and deep feelings towards his art. Artists are always hungry for…