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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Vaikuntam was born in Burugupalli, Karimnagar district, Telangana. His father used to run a grocery shop. He studied at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad, and Painting and Printmaking, Faculty of Fine Arts, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (On a Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship from Andhra Pradesh). […]

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 went to Lawrence School, Lovedale in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. By the age of 15, when she left school, she had already sold […]