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, and expressionism instead of nationalist art of Bengal School of Art. One of his most noted painting is the triptych Celebration which was sold […]

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 which forced him to quit school and try his hand at farming. He grazed buffaloes and sold milk in a nearby town. At the […]

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 feted by the Government for his significant contribution to art. Neeraj received the Bharat Bhavan Award at the Second Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art […]

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 Indian Sculpture”. He began his journey in art at a very young age. He use to copy local idol makers; sketching, making idols, and […]

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 his life such as the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movement. Somnath Hore lost his father in his early childhood and was […]

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 1947 during the confusion over the partition of British India. Her mother Ajit Kaur (born in 1934), is a writer who writes in Panjabi. […]

A long time ago Indian fine art got the blend of eastern culture. I am not saying that Indian art was not eastern but in the middle of the invasion of India by the British East India Company, art got influenced- by influence I mean that Indian fine artists started […]

Working on commission is not bad but it does allow the artists to really show up what they are gaining for and most of the times clients’ requirements overshadow the curiosity and creativity of the artist. Name a person who is very efficient in fulfilling another person’s dream than his? […]

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 works and his works are amazing. The word amazing would maybe something underestimating. It is his art that was great and more valuable than […]

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 Roy, it is clear that he was a pupil for the lifetime. The bend in his works and the learning curves throughout his life […]