Tyeb Mehta (1925-2009) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art. He was born in 1925 in Kapadvanj, a town of Kheda district, Gujarat. During his early...
Maqbool Fida Husain (1915–2011) was one of India’s most celebrated and controversial modern artists, often referred to as the “Picasso of India.” A leading figure of the Progressive...
Syed Haider Raza (1922–2016) was one of India’s most eminent modernist painters and a founding member of the Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG). His art, known for its vibrant...
Francis Newton Souza (1924–2002) was a pioneering Indian modernist painter, art critic, and writer whose bold expressionistic style and provocative themes reshaped the landscape of Indian art in...
In 1867, EB Havel was appointed the Principal of the Art College at Calcutta. He, as we discussed above, gave greater importance to the art traditions of this...
The Young Turks were a revolutionary reformist movement that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries within the Ottoman Empire, seeking to modernise the state, restore...
Progressive Artists’ Group, Bombay was established Francis Newton Souza, first post-independence Indian artist to achieve high recognition in the West. It’s early members were S. H. Raza. M....
The Calcutta Group was a pioneering collective of modern artists based in Kolkata (then Calcutta), India, that played a crucial role in transforming Indian art during the 1940s....
Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and painting, celebrated for introducing a new language of artistic expression that blended Indian tradition, rural...
Jamini Roy (1887–1972) was one of the most celebrated modern Indian painters and a leading figure in the development of a uniquely Indian visual language in modern art....
Asit Kumar Haldar (1890–1964) was a distinguished Indian painter, educator, and sculptor associated with the Bengal School of Art and one of the early pioneers of modern Indian...
Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938) was a pioneering Indian painter, caricaturist, and illustrator, and one of the most innovative artists of early twentieth-century Bengal. Belonging to the illustrious Tagore family...
