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...
Nandalal Bose (1882–1966) was one of the most eminent pioneers of modern Indian art and a central figure of the Bengal School of Painting. A painter, teacher, and...
In 1901-02, Josephine MacLeod, an American pupil of Swami Vivekananda had invited Japanese arts stalwart Kakuzo Okakura to India. Kakuzo Okakura wished to invite Swami Vivekananda, who by...
Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951) was a nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. He was born at Jorasanko and was educated at the Sanskrit College, Calcutta. He learnt painting privately under English...
The art traditions of India witnessed a steady decline in the 19th century, and Bengal was not too isolated to the deterioration. What could survive during those times...
The introduction of the Company style in the 18th and 19th centuries by the art schools, the Indian artist created works of art that were British in style...
The Archaeological Survey of India had declared in 1976 and 1979, the works of the following nine artists “not being antiquities, to be art treasures, having regard to...
The Pahari region comprises the present State of Himachal Pradesh, some adjoining areas of the Punjab, the area of Jammu in the Jammu and Kashmir State and Garhwal...
Phad Paintings are a folk painting style from Rajasthan. Phad refers to a long piece of cloth, which contain the narratives of the folk deities of Rajasthan, such...
The paintings developed in the royal families of Kishangarh, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali and Ghanerao are called Marwar School collectively. The important & relevant features of this school...
The Mewar School of Painting is one of the most distinguished styles of Rajasthani miniature painting, originating in the kingdom of Mewar in south-central Rajasthan, with its capital...
